Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft

11 reviews

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I don’t know why this book is. 3.67 on Goodreads, because it was SO GOOD! The author, Rachel Koller Croft, did a FABULOUS job of painting the characters in the most detailed way. In addition, the twists had my heart nearly leaping out of my chest with beats faster than a bullet train. I thought Rachel wrapped the story up nicely, also. If you’re a fan of the tv show Imposters, YOU MUST read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Child abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Murder

hbrown00's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Body shaming

Minor: Pregnancy, Murder, Death, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

kenziburke's review against another edition

dark funny tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Murder, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

ciwanski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

The writing in this book was air tight. I felt like the plausibility of circumstances fell a little bit in the last chunk of the book, but crazy, manic women always need deniable plausibility, right?

Definitely a book with morally grey characters, and killer dialogue. 

A favorite line of mine from the book goes, “The afternoon tea was in full swing with canapés and caviar and cunty behavior.” Like so true bestie.

Fans of Gone Girl and other “good for her” media should definitely pick this book up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Classism

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity

viwilliams's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense 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

for lovers of Ginny & Georiga

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Murder, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcohol

karyan1's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Death

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder

thespinystacks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This was a fun ride. There’s a lot of con artist stories coming out right now and this is one that’s done it well. I really enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy, Violence, and Vomit

znvisser's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This story unexpectedly sucked me in. The build-up is slow but piece by piece everything is coming together while the tension grows. The main character is unlikable and clearly in the wrong in many ways but I found myself rooting for her nonetheless. Every character in this story is distinct and well-drawn and none of their mutual interactions ever failed to make sense, which really vows for the writing. There is a lot of inner monologue too, which was cleverly written in past tense,  keeping me on my toes because I constantly wondered what was actually happening or alternatively, about to happen.

I read some complaints about the ending being rushed or flat but I disagree. I liked how it didn’t wrap up with a nice bow. Furthermore it shouldn’t be missed that the the main character actually did resolve her biggest issue: after all these years she finally found the strength to stand up against Mother.

This book was vivacious and intriguing and a truly delicious debut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Stalking, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infidelity