Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

68 reviews

sam_pocketrockbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I teared up when Ruthie told her mom about losing Sarah 😭 very emotional. Makes me want to research more about Amanda Peters and know what parts of her world intersect with her fiction 🧡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

scramuel058's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Genocide and Forced institutionalization

tommelisesofia's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Dementia, and Pregnancy

m_moon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Death of parent

notquitepetite's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kathleendayle's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

bites_of_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The story of Ruthie and Joe is so sad and so necessary. I loved the writing and the complex characters. It would be easy to be set against the kidnapping family, but even with those characters, there was complexity throughout the book. 
Ruthie's journey is hard to read, mostly because of the gaslighting that she endures. I think many things did happen to her and she didn't get to have much agency, but that felt like a big part of the point of the story in this case. 
Joe was a potentially unlikeable character who did grow for me and his story is truly heartbreaking. His emotional journey was difficult to connect to at times but there were certain moments that were so heartfelt and real for me that I couldn't help but want to just wrap him up in a blanket.
I'd love to read more of Peters' books! I simply loved her writing, at times I was so wrapped up in it that I did forget everything that was going on around me. That's a great book for me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

bellarosereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Although you sort of know the end from the start, I sobbed through the last 30 pages or so. 

Overall, while I was interested in Norma/Ruthie's story in terms of how she ended up learning the truth but not as much what happened to her. I found Joe's inner life and the ramifications of Ruthie's disappearance and his other life mistakes and tragedies more compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Gaslighting

bookmuva's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Not to be dramatic, but this is one of the best books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cancer, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

cmcahill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

When I learned that the story revolved around a lost child, I thought, who would want to read this during the holiday season. But pretty early on you realize things will resolve. Lots of loss and dysfunction, but very readable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Grief