Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain

4 reviews

saraaaa's review

At almost 70% of the book, I still couldn't bring myself to care about any of the characters, or any of the (too many) storylines.
It took me a year to reach 8 hours in the the audiobook, and I really don't think it's worth the other 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

josie9's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

2.5

only read to listen to katie mcgrath’s voice for 11 hours and 57 minutes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Excrement

mrodrigues23's review

dark emotional inspiring tense

• 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

4.75

Amazing book that includes a Sapphic relationship. The book also takes a glance into the perspective of the thoughts of an abuser and the rationalisation that occurred due to there being a patriarchal society that forces women to submit to men and a potential and very realist portrayal of what can happen when a man's ego and pride is wounded. I would also like to point out that due to the patriarchal society one of the females in the gay relationship appeared to have a warped view of what a woman loving woman relationship consisted of. I believe it was her way of at some points rationalising this and being able to be her bisexual self without endangering her beliefs. The societal expectation are also what drove the MC into the abusive 'relationship'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Colonisation

Minor: Death and Abortion

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Gore

Minor: Cancer