Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

What Lies Between Us by John Marrs

58 reviews

amalauna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Child death, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

smileysam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

I found this book drew me in from the first couple of pages. It had many twists and turns and although I did catch a few, many a things still left me surprised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Cancer, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Infertility, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Addiction, Grief, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Cursing, and Dementia

maleatsgrapes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Cancer, Abandonment, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Infertility, Rape, Abortion, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Medical content, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Vomit, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

doodlebeanz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

2.5

Honestly... this book FUCKED ME UP. It was such a wild ride and the more I read, the more chaotic and fucked up the story became. This book should've come with a list of trigger warnings like some dark romance novels do. This book touches on some very sensitive and dark things and the way it's written, it seems so casual and normal which was obviously the point. I also was having my own health anxieties while reading this book and the topics just exacerbated my own mental health/stress and I should've DNF'd it but I pushed through. That definitely clouds my judgment when it comes to this book. It was not a happy story, not a happy ending... no happiness found anywhere. I wish that I did put it down and come back when I was in a better headspace, I think I would've enjoyed it a lot more, but since I didn't do that I have to be honest with my review/star rating and that's a solid 2.5 for me. The story was interesting and INTENSE and WILD, it definitely kept my attention but there weren't many twists/turns like I want out of a psychological thriller. It was less thriller and more just a work of fiction, in my opinion. For a thriller to be good (4 star and up) in my opinion, it needs to creep me out and leave me feeling off balance and nervous (weird, i know!) and this book didn't do any of that for me. John Marrs is a phenomenal writer and I will definitely be reading more of his work, but I will definitely be checking trigger warnings before opening another!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Violence, Murder, Medical content, Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Confinement

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Stalking, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

erenskima's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I couldn’t get over the internal battle of my emotions feeling bad for Nina but also hating her. Then slowly learning the life Maggie has lead was all for Nina made me love her and feel so sorry for her. I enjoyed this book but it did take a while for me to read and felt rushed toward the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Incest, Violence, Cancer, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Stalking, and Infertility

Heavy on the trauma and red flags. Definitely look in to content warnings before reading

jayishino's review against another edition

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

2.0

If you’re looking for a domestic thriller with an unsettling amount of triggers (with no trigger warnings) and the most unlikeable characters you’ll ever meet, then this is the book for you. This was not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Drug use, Murder, Mental illness, Cancer, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Child abuse

brisha's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

i really liked this book. definitely left me feeling very unsettled. i really enjoyed the pace of this book and how twisted everything got. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Infertility, Drug use, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Violence, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

hinkleh2021's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Cancer, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Abortion, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Infertility, and Slavery

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

I loved this, and definitely recommend the audiobook version. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Grief, Infertility, Gaslighting, Gore, Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Torture, Abandonment, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence