Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

14 reviews

outersgrace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Death of parent

sseoryn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

i would have given it 4 stars if it weren't for the pace, the ending is somewhat satisfying, but in a way that's good bcs it gives the reader a chance to decipher their own versions of endings for each character. i would've liked to see more culture in it though, if it weren't for the characters names, occasional korean slangs i would have thought im just reading any ordinary contemporary english novel. i think it would have been a tad bit more interesting if they included ruby's pov, and maybe nami and hanbin yk? it would be really thought provoking and give a bit more insight to readers to know what goes on in a suicidal person's mind, a loving boyfriend who cheated, and a young girl who gave in early to *that* industry, personally i feel like frances wasted a lot of page count, especially on sujin? im not even sure if i got her name right, that's how much lack of background story frances gave on sujin, i couldn't get to know her as well as i knew other characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

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addie's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Abortion

andreiaoh's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Well, that ending was underwhelming.

I'm not saying books need to have a point but I really could not grasp the point of this book? Like, it was interesting (sort of) to read the lives of different women and how they intersected with one another but nothing really happened, there was not much character development if any, it was all just a bit glum.

2.5 because there was something intriguing about the book but I came out of it a little confused about how I felt about it. I didn't love it, didn't like it, but also didn't dislike it either??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder and Abortion