Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden

5 reviews

abanana101's review

emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Almost DNF’d the book 60% through because it was stressing me out so much lol. I’m an avid thriller reader but I hate the “everyone is framing me to seem like I’m crazy” trope. It had good twists but definitely stressed me out more than I liked. Ending also seemed a little rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

alis143's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

chickelope's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Blood, and Medical content

k8lynn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

one of the most unpredictable plot twists i've ever read! and the ending is a bit ominous, which i loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

rsagarin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism