Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

30 reviews

shh_reading's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jcoanbrill's review against another edition

informative sad 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? It's complicated

3.25

I found this one really hard emotionally, but the ending really brought it all together!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Incest, Vomit, Abortion, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

theebster's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide and Abortion

giraffefightinggravity's review

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

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

2.5

It's a good book, it's just not my kind of book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Forced institutionalization

lynniekate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicide, and Abortion

superstormnora's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

Some points hard to listen to; existence was hard for a long time. Beautiful story of humanity with a hopeful ending. I want to paint some of the images from the story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide and Abortion

dblue236's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Trigger warnings: Sexual assault, racism, domestic violence. 

This was one of the best books I've read so far this year, for a number of reasons. I loved the setting and the beautiful descriptions of the time frame and rural Kentucky. The characters were well rounded and felt real, and the historical aspect of it that was clearly very thoroughly researched really added depth to the story. This was the first book I've read by this author, and if it was any indication, I definitely need to seek out more of her work. I cannot recommend this highly enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

annieree's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion

recreated's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.25

Really loved the characters! Enjoyed the historic aspect - both facts and assumptions. There are some heavy topics but I feel they are fair representations of the past. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, and Abortion

roveronez's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book's grown on me and what had started as a 3 has ended up guaranteeing 4 stars. It has sent me down a rabitt hole, and I found myself reading about the blue people of Kentucky, about courting candles and the Horse Pack Librarians. Deeply touching, I feel like this story os going to stay with me for a while...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion