Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

14 reviews

readingwithrylanne's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Teachers, students, and families at a prestigious private school find themselves in a tangled web of murder, poison, secrets, and lies.
 
 I was super excited to read For Your Own Good after loving Samantha Downing's other two books, My Lovely Wife and He Started It. I knew to expect some wild plot twists and unlikeable characters, and while For Your Own Good certainly had those elements, I unfortunately did not end up enjoying this book as much as I had hoped. I think the most challenging part of this book for me was the choppy point-of-view shifts that sometimes would happen every couple of pages or even paragraphs. I never really felt like I could get into one character before we moved onto someone else's. I felt disoriented while reading much of this book and was unexcited overall by the ending, but I do love good unlikeable/unreliable characters, and we definitely have those in this book. For Your Own Good was not my favorite book by the author, but I am still excited to dive into more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Infertility, and Vomit

linneak's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Classism

angreadseverything's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Infertility

booksareoxygen's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

Delve into a seemingly normal private school as one event unravels into a collision of past and present as you spiral speeding towards a conclusion that seems equally impossible and inevitable. 4/5 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

islesbiyana's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

valpuri's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Alcohol

wrestleacademic's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Vomit

chelsearose's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

logger_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Infertility, Forced institutionalization, and Car accident

the_disreputable_dog's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was really good. It was a good anti-hero story, and I was reminded a lot of Macbeth. I enjoyed all the characters, and I enjoyed that many were unreliable narrators as well. They always keep things interesting. It felt like you enter this story only knowing about half the info, and then you're seeking info out right along with the characters. I also like that nobody is really all that innocent in this book. All in all, I would recommend it to anyone who likes anti-heroes, unreliable narrators, or very dark stories with plenty of death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Infertility, and Grief