Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

6 reviews

teaselkie's review

dark mysterious reflective slow-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, and Suicide

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Confinement, and Body horror

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Excrement

lostboylio's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

the most insanely heartbreaking yet hopeful and disturbing book i’ve ever read.
every page feels like a punch in the throat and leaves you totally speechless.
absolutely amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Chronic illness, Cancer, Grief, and Miscarriage

alessamonroe's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Cancer, Confinement, and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage

rishikabaweja's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, and Murder

honeywords's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I'd say this book is a challenging read for the average reader (aka me), although good and thought provoking. The story's not looking to entertain us or even answer our questions, instead the reader must adapt whatever their initial expectations might have been to what the book is actually offering. We look at this world through the eyes of our nameless protagonist and experience every single she goes through: from the initial wonders about the world we're set in, to the confusion the women live in every day, and finally the resignation of this reality. We don't ever get to know more than she does and she's just as lost as we are throughout the way. It took a few days to read but never, even once, lost my interest. This is definitely a bittersweet story and the characters are doomed from the start so don't expect a hopeful ending, still it's an interesting and experimental vision and 100% worth the effort. If you came looking for a resolution to every mystery or a dangerous dystopian story, you might want to go back. If you don't mind a heavy-narration book, a slow-paced story and reflecting about the human condition and behavior, this story might be for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage and Cancer