Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

5 reviews

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and War

francestea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

Wow! Even though this book takes place over just three days it’s anything but slow paced. Like Room and The Wonder, the cast of characters is small and somewhat trapped by their circumstances. If you liked her other books then this one holds up. I’d also recommend this if you enjoyed the Call the Midwife series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, and War

Minor: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Abortion

emmyinthestacks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

margaretrose's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse

childbirth, maternal death

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is about a nurse working in a makeshift maternity ward in Ireland during the Spanish flu pandemic. The medicine parts of it were interesting (though not for the faint-hearted) and I liked most of the characters, though there are a few that I wish had gotten a bit more screen time. A lot of social issues in Ireland at the time are brought up and discussed in a way that mostly feels organic. 

The last third was just too much for me though, way too soap opera-ish for me with all the romance and drama crammed into two days. After the weight of the rest of the book it felt kind of silly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicide, and Trafficking