Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce

7 reviews

codexvraenise's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Well, what can I say? Due to the given information on the back of the book, I thought I would read some sort of folk fairy tale woven into modern life, which was the reason why I bought the book in the first place. After some chapters in I realised, this was not what the book wanted to be. It reminded me very much of  "Pan's labyrith" in the way that the reader/watcher is presented with two stories at the time: one about a magical world next to our own and one real but very gruesome, which pushes especially a child's mind to escapism and a twisted understanding and justification of experiences. While reading bit by bit the reader is invited to follow the (dark) magical telling of the main character, Cassandra, and/or to translate all her words to "their real meaning". This is how all the unreal, fantastical and therefor distant things get an all too real and (certainly for many readers) disturbing touch.
Even if the book wasn't what I expected from it and wasn't quite my type I still have to say, that I found it very "entertaining" and read it almost in one go. The way Cassandra connected her reality with the opinions and perceptions of others was very fascinating and creative and the writingstyle of the story (newspaper articles, excerpts of a psycological book written about Cassandra, the idea of her heirs reading her/this manuscript) conviced me to go on reading. 
Although, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone easily, as the "real" or even the mythical aspects of the story can be quite distressing. I guess this is a book which finds its audience and not something you just give someone as a birthday present. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Gaslighting, Suicide, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Infidelity

Minor: Bullying, Blood, and Death of parent

azhogg2223's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Miscarriage

Moderate: Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

alliedelexa's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

honestly, i saw this book on the shelf at the library and thought the cover was cool and i was looking for a quick read. BOY, was it a quick read because I could not put this book down, mostly because it’s not at all what i expected. a woman accused of murdering her husband and has suspicion cast on her for another tragedy involving her father and brother — is missing. she leaves behind a memoir of sorts to her heirs and within the contents she tells her side of the story.  it is interesting and leaves you not knowing what or who to believe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Incest, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

soozasaurus_rex's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Body horror, Death, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infertility and Incest

rachelkays's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This was a very, very strange book. I was expecting a normal psychological thriller or another normal murder mystery. Instead, this was a really deep dive into childhood trauma, psychosis, and how the mind finds ways to cope. The protagonist is insanely easy to sympathize with and all of her actions align easily with her past and her illness. Everything in this book makes sense, which is so much easier said than done.

It’s a deep dive into psychosis that feels so real. Cassie’s life and imagined details are so vivid and its always clear exactly where they stem from. The Faerie world in this book is so rich and scary. Not going to lie, it really freaked me out. This book was scary, deep, and I flew through it. Overall, I really, really liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Gore, Infertility, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Blood, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

dasrach's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault

thebooseller's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Miscarriage, and Incest