Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

19 reviews

noshinbean's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Cancer, Grief, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

chrisp189's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Drug use, Eating disorder, Addiction, Fatphobia, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

tschmitty's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.0

 I understand how this was a sensational read at the time of publication, but the longer it went on the less I cared about the three characters involved. Neely was especially annoying, what a pill! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Body shaming, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Addiction, Homophobia, Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug use, Cancer, and Sexism

camillatd's review against another edition

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexism, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Abortion, Eating disorder, Addiction, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racism, and Antisemitism

bxcvi's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Drug use, Homophobia, Addiction, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Biphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Cancer

imliterallygemelle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Spoiler

I cannot believe Neely betrayed Anne like that in the end! It should've been her instead of Jennifer.

Spoiler

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Abortion

morenowagain's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexism, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Classism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Abortion, Fatphobia, Sexism, Suicide, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Biphobia, Body shaming, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

This novel uses the word f*g/f*ggot over 25 times.

laurenw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Body shaming, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer

mlheinemann's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Real Housewives if New York but make it 1940-1960s — lots of drama, relatable characters, and fun to read a book from a different era 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Abortion

It’s important to remember when this book was written to see past the parts that are offensive now.

hmorawska's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Suicide attempt, and Misogyny

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Eating disorder