Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Magpie by Elizabeth Day

12 reviews

franticfreya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Blood, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Moderate: Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Stalking

sophiemartin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Infertility, Blood, and Medical content

xbernadette's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Blood, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, and Violence

blunt87's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Meh, it was ok. As someone who’s gone through IVF and is about to lose their fertility at a young age I can relate to Kate 
It felt like this book took me ages to read, and I’ve found it a bit of a slog to get to the end, I didn’t want to give up because I wanted to know how it ended and what I thought would happen didn’t which really was a bonus because my head went to a very different place 
Worth a read if you have the time, don’t think I’d recommend it to friends as it just didn’t give me the “psychological thriller” vibe I was expecting. It’s very PG 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

soobooksalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Magpie was a true page-turner for me.
 I worried at the beginning, as I instantly disliked one of the characters and thought it might be a DNF.
 But the tides turned and events shifted, and I whipped through the pages to find out what would materialize!
 Magpie opens with Marisa and Jake moving in together and planning to have a  baby. Their lodger, Kate, may not be as she seems on the surface which causes tensions for the three.
 While I quite enjoyed the read, it's not one I necessarily recommend broadly. A great deal of the plot deals with infertility, fertility treatments and surrogacy, and other associated potential triggers. 
 The ending was not as strong as I had hoped for, and overall not as "thrillerish" as expected, but still kept me riveted throughout.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, Mental illness, Infertility, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

laramay_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Medical content, Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ellynicholem's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

sib_reads's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Abortion, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, Abandonment, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Grief

kellyloubishop's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Infertility

Moderate: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Rape

abbie_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

I picked this one up because I needed something plot-driven to keep my attention while staying at home looking after my dog while she recovered from a traumatic visit to the dentist! Magpie delivers on that front, but only if you don’t think about it too much. 

Considering how well I thought Day handles topics like motherhood and infertility, I was disappointed with her treatment of mental health issues. Not so into mental health problems being used as plot twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Rape, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, and Miscarriage