Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

11 reviews

essie101's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Abortion, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Torture, Rape, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

mblanke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Torture, Suicide, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Stalking, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Abortion, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

gmd316's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

So incredibly f-ed up. However - a truly intriguing premise and it just pulls you in

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, and Rape

Minor: Abortion

sydbingus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I think the “twist” at the end was a little unnecessary and ruined it a little for me, but still a very enjoyable read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Abortion, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

zoemain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Um, okay, so I loved this book! It is certainly not for a sensitive audience because there are many very disturbing themes and ideas. However, if you’re like me and love dark, twisted fictions, I cannot recommend this more. There is also a dystopian aspect to the novel that I really enjoyed. And the characters were so complex! I was fascinated by the Gardener and his sons and loved all of the girls. 
The reviews stating that the Butterflies could have easily escaped their entrapment are not wrong. The logic in this book is flawed, but I could easily overlook this. I should probably take a star off because I felt like the book could have been longer and therefore given some more insight into the Garden. Oh, also, every description of layout in this novel is extremely confusing. I employed the help of my friends to translate descriptions of surroundings a few times but they couldn’t fathom what Hutchison had written either.
But I loved the rest of the writing. I loved the way the book focused on the story of the Garden but also gave insight into Maya’s backstory and the police interviews. So it’s  a 5 stars from me! Read the content warnings before purchasing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Abortion, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

b00murded's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Ending of the book felt very rushed. I personally did not like some of the ways the author decided to take the ending of the novel. This book has very dark content TW include: violence against women, harsh language, drug use, sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

eepi's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism

Be careful with this book.

elagomes06's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

thehireader's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense

5.0

I really wasn’t sure going in about this book—I wasn’t sure if I would be able to handle how disturbing it was, especially after having had such a strong reaction to PRETTY GIRLS—but wow, it ended up being fantastic. Inara was an amazing character and I loved how the whole time, you were wondering just how reliable she was. 

 

I don’t always enjoy when books move between the past and the present but it was done so well in THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN. The way the story moved between the interview in the present and Inara’s account of the story in the past was seamless and kept me on the edge of my seat. And I appreciated how the author didn’t just spend the whole story building only to leave all the action at the end. Unlike so many thrillers I’ve read lately, the pacing was fantastic and the ending didn’t feel rushed and actually gave a sense of closure. 

 

This book is not for everyone and there are lots of trigger warnings. I appreciated, however, that the author never made it feel exploitative, and that the story was ultimately more about the characters themselves than the truly awful things that were done to them (or, in the case of the perpetrators, the awful things they did). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

ferndepluto's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Animal death