Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

7 reviews

disguisedposer's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Confinement, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Dementia

zosiablue's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I've never had a baby, but this read (to me) like the most chilling, realistic depiction of childbirth and post-partum psychosis. (I HAVE been in a psych ward and that was also incredibly true to life.) A changeling metaphor for motherhood and how genuinely crazy it can make you? Man. So terrifying and well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Mental illness

kys831's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

tifftastic87's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I liked this more than I expected to. I got attached to the main character and felt for her, to the point of being actually mad at her husband. 

The author did a really good job of writing in a way that made me feel squeamish at the gore and medical, uncomfortable and tense with the antagonist, angry with the husband and anxious for the detective. The excerpts from fairy tales at the beginning of chapters was also a nice touch. The ending was another punch in the gut and to be fair, I wouldnt have had it different. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Misogyny, and Dementia

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. I was honestly kind of bored during the first like 50% it did pick up after that but I still didn’t care that much. I did not like the cop POV I thought it was pointless and boring. I freaking hated the husband and he can choke. I was expecting like some kind of twist but nothing really happened so that was a bummer. Some parts were kind of creepy but not too creepy. I won’t lie when I picked this up I thought it was a different book because the covers are similar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Stalking

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I wanted to like this more. It took probably 3/4 of the way through to really grab and hook me. I loved the premise and the little excerpts of folklore thrown in, but I wish that could have been incorporated more. Instead all I could think was how much of a shitbag the husband is from the jump, then how everyone immediately went to “she’s nuts” instead of anyone suggesting postpartum depression (yes I know it was actually changelings). Also, the romantic storyline for Harper felt so disjointed and didn’t do anything to move the story along. 

Personally I think this was a better concept than execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Dementia and Stalking

klitanightfuryreads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Gaslighting