Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

82 reviews

egmamaril's review

challenging 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Infertility

stevefraye's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Infertility, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

brittandwaffles's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Abortion, Suicide, Infertility, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence

bookswithgeorgia's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Abortion, and Infertility

kylieqrada's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

I'm waffling between 3.5 and 4 ⭐s on this one. Brit Bennett's writing is absolutely stunninggg, and this book hit really close to home in ways I was not expecting. An exploration of motherhood, friendship, and family and the ways that we navigate those relationships within our flawed worldviews, I am not worthy of this gorgeous piece of literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abortion, and Suicide

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

mali33102's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

I found this book to be a very interesting character study of what one event can do to completely change the course of people’s lives. I liked the aspect of the Mothers having an almost omniscient voice sprinkled throughout. Overall it wasn’t spectacular, but it was still emotionally moving and intriguing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Suicide, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

kb_sherman's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

jojo_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, and Death of parent

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

emreads97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, Infertility, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Rape

kristiak's review

emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, and Suicide