Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

51 reviews

aqtbenz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Murder, and Pregnancy

carrieg188's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

saliwali's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emjen16's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

I really struggled with this one. It is well written and well researched, but I had a hard time actually liking the book and the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Blood, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content

emka12's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I know I'm enjoying a book when I'm thinking about it outside of my reading time. It was worth staying up until 1:30 to finish.
Eve's side of the story is definitely more interesting, but I found Charlie's POV helped balance the tension a bit. It's also nice to see Eve from a 3rd person perspective. What a beautifully written story, and what a great tribute to our actual war heroines and heroes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, and Blood

Minor: Excrement

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

makmo722's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A solid three and a half stars. Good book, and a really big leap for me into a new genre. I enjoyed the story, but found it hard to follow at times. I appreciate the author’s attention to historical detail. Also, I SO appreciated the author adding a bit to the end to really tie the whole story up nicely. 

I will note that it was far more challenging to read than I expected. War is dark and the effect is has is seen clearly on every page of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Abortion, and War

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

shaylac's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

I was surprised by how much I liked this book even from changing from Charlie's and Eve's perspectives. The book takes on an adventure through England and France and teleports you back into time during WWI and after WWII With Charlie being somewhat naive view on life, she ends up growing more mature and independent and with Eve being a stubborn drunk who trying to resolve her demons from the past. It is a story that will excite you but also make you think about what is wrong and right.

TLDR: Go on an epic adventure through England and France with a motley crew from the perspective of Charlie and Eve. Teleporting you back to WWI and present day (1947) you'll be eagerly turning each page to see what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: Abortion

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-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

3.5

Saskia Maarleveld's narration made me finish the audiobook, she is so talented with all the different accents!! <3 I wish the story had contained more historical elements (=facts about the world wars, as I'm such a war nerd myself). This is rare for me to say, but I enjoyed the romance between Charlie and Finn more than anything else in the story (damn does my heart melt just thinking about them). Overall the book was a nice experience of travelling through time, though it also felt a bit dragging at times — I wouldn't have minded if it had been shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail