Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

L'Ombra Del Vent by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

55 reviews

cooldudenick's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Classism

bxnnny's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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this book was such a pleasant surprise. i wasn't really thinking i would like it all that much as i'm not really one for period pieces and i was worried it would drag. it was a little on the slow and steady side, but i was so enthralled in the story of julían and daniel that i honestly had a hard time putting it down. the characters were so well-written and believable and i enjoyed seeing the mystery of julían carax interspersed with daniel's own parallel story. i felt so attached to so many of these characters. this story really tugged at my heart and it'll be one that will stick with me for a long, long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual harassment

Minor: Murder, War

corrin_takara's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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At times was a struggle to read partly because of the slow pace as well as a long list of possible triggering topics which lead to hard to read passages. Picked up towards the end and grabbed my attention with a satisfying twist 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, War, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury

readandfindout's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

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Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 2 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War

Minor: Excrement, Death of parent

vilde_a's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Yes

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It took a couple of chapters getting into it, but in return, there were several chapters I just had to complete no matter time or place. If you like books about books, you’ll love this!

Read while listening to “Øyeblikke Vi Husker” by Hvalfugl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

Minor: Incest, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Sexual harassment

pipn_t's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Surely the author could have set the historical scene without so many racist remarks and sexist attitudes.  Also got tired of everyone beating each other to a pulp.  It was an interesting story, which is why I read to the end, but one of the major plot points revolves aroundc content I don’t like reading about (

incest

) so I felt rather like I wasted my time on this whole thing as it kinda ruined my enjoyment of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Murder

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Antisemitism

kiana_hi's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Bullying, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment

crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest

Minor: Lesbophobia, War

ka_cam's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I read this while I was sick with covid which maybe impacted my experience, but I didn’t love it. It was too slow and exposition-heavy to be a compelling mystery for me, and the constant misogyny and violence against women characters (and their flatness in development) was a big turn-off for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Racism, Torture, Police brutality, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail

anna_pizzichidilibri's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Murder