Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

242 reviews

becisbored's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of the best books I’ve ever read. I think I had an idea of what it was about when I started it, but that idea was completely wrong in all the best ways. This books surprised me, made me emotional, really connected with me and was weirdly familiar even though nothing in my life is at all the same as anything happening to the characters. I loved it so so much and now I need to read all of Caroline O’Donoghue’s other books! 

Read it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Abortion

eap157's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Fun, quick read. Crappy apartments, crappy jobs, trying to find love and solace in their 20s; this is a character study of James and Rachel. I read a lot of English books, but learned some delightful new Irishisms from this one. Was rooting for Rachel and loved where the book ended up. I think CO'D captured the messy grossness of early 20s life (without direction or security) in the 2010s really authentically.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Abortion

laylace's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Abortion

arayo's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

 3.5 stars. Entertaining and quick read. I really liked the audiobook. The story was dragging at first (had Normal People vibes), but I liked that the main character developed. I enjoyed the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Miscarriage

Moderate: Vomit and Abortion

mariabacterium's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, and Death of parent

bookmarked_by_kate's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Abortion

koplomps's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Pedophilia and Vomit

macyevo's review against another edition

challenging tense 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

4.75

At first, I struggled to understand what was happening .. maybe the first chapter or two… but quickly caught on and loved it so much that I couldn’t stop thinking about when I could read more of it. This book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. So many unexpected turns that were beautifully executed.. I love ending a book and questioning if the story was actually true because it was written SO WELL. Highly suggest this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Abortion

rizzleee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Abortion