Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

پشت درهای بسته by B.A. Paris

22 reviews

deathcab4kati's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

tupeloallie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Alcohol

caitbop5's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Abortion

faythd's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

I don't know if "enjoyed" is the correct word for my reading experience but I couldn't put it down. The suspense is real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Pregnancy

britt33's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I posted my full review on Medium: http://tiny.cc/ghjuyz (there are many spoilers in the full post)

TLDR: 

• very entertaining and kept my interest
• somewhat predictable twists
• I would recommend, especially to psychological thriller fans

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

mecmccann's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Behind Closed Doors was a better version of the same tropes in The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden. In this book, we follow a young girl who meets and quickly marries who she thinks is the man of her dreams. But on their wedding day, her sister and bridesmaid who has downs syndrome falls down the stairs and breaks her leg. They proceed with the wedding, and her new husband turns on her. He confides that it isn't her that he wants, its her sister. (though it's not clear what for. He said this in the same breath as "having sex with you was cumbersome and I didn't want to do it," so I think he wanted to assault her). He locks her in a room, he takes all her money, he starves her and tortures her. 

It's dark. I don't mind darkness, in fact, I typically like a psychological horror/thriller book. However, this was too straightforward and lacked any suspense. And this main character was not getting that he wanted to rape her disabled sister and put off getting out of the situation until the absolute last second. Is that where the suspense was? I didn't love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mirandalikesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A quick and easy read! Would be great for a flight or a rainy day.

I thought I was settling in for something a little meatier. In my opinion, the story introduced the conflict right away and didn't do much to surprise the reader throughout.

However, I did like Millie's role in the plot - she was more clever than people wanted to give her credit for. I also liked the battle of wills between Jack and Grace. The "who will win" of it all kept me reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility and Forced institutionalization

kristysproule's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Infertility, and Miscarriage

shaleen64's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

As far as domestic thrillers go this isn’t a bad one, however the ‘plot twists’ were predictable (excluding Millie’s help with Lucy’s situation). 

I enjoyed the book but can’t say I’d rush to read more work by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Ableism and Animal death

Minor: Infertility

kelseyr713's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I’m a bit torn on how to rate this, because I couldn’t put it down and HAD to find out what happened, but on the other hand Jack is a cartoonishly portrayed villain with zero redeeming qualities and Grace’s initial bad decisions are infuriating to read. The ending is satisfying though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy