Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Looking for Jane, by Heather Marshall

22 reviews

breanna_gaudaur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Abortion, and Confinement

cc_shelflove's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. This is me teaching myself how to breathe again, because I almost forgot. I am simply astounded by what I just read. Looking for Jane is written in a way that makes the reader feel like he or she is a part of something big. Furthermore, to write about true events without conveying the facts like you are writing a research paper is a real skill, and Heather Marshall has mastered it. Inspired by true stories, we follow our main characters through three separate timelines: 1971, 1980, and 2017. There is a ton of foreshadowing in this book, and I STILL did not guess the big giant whopping colossal enormous supercalifragilisticexpialidocious twist at the end. Talk about tears! As mentioned in the author's note, this book is about abortion and the right to choose, but it is also about so much more. I think there is room for a sequel, because something Sister Agatha said to Nancy was not addressed or revisited. I would love to read more. I'm going to go hug my mom now. Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Infertility, Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Blood

saiy_phi's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

i finished this book in one day, it was a story i couldn’t put down. i learned about a new facet of canadian history and women’s history that i want to look deeper into. overall the actual fictionalized plot was well structured, despite some confusion towards the very end. the writing was aggressively okay, i wanted and expected more from a book tackling such serious topics. at times it also felt too modern for the time period setting. speaking of time, my biggest issue with this book is how the author handled alternating 3 different timelines of three women whos lives intersect with each others at various times. she used years within the text to appropriately date social factors, but i got confused a lot and kept having to flip back and locate myself. 

worth the read once, will not re read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

jenna11's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Emotional abuse

kawooreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Self harm, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Abortion

Minor: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Rape, Death of parent, and Death

erin_m_05's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

It took a bit to get into, then it was hard to stop.  I stayed up 4 hours later to finish listening to the audio book. I cried a bunch reading this book and loved it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Cancer

thrillofthepage's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Racism, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Cursing, Gun violence, Infertility, Abandonment, Child death, and Miscarriage

chailady's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Omg! This debut novel absolutely pulled me into the story. I’m not overly fond of duel timelines, and this one has three! Plus three major characters whose stories are so well interwoven that the three timelines didn’t affect my ability to enjoy(?) reading the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Moderate: Gaslighting and Grief

Minor: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

pauluszanna's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

 Brilliant storytelling and captivating characters - I loved this book so much.

It was extremely emotional (cried before I reach 100 pages), hopeful and extremely relevant. I hope you all put it on your TBR because it was a beautiful book about womanhood and motherhood.

Every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Pregnancy, Murder, Suicide attempt, Abortion, and Suicide

Moderate: Infertility, Grief, and Medical content