Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown

33 reviews

fallenstarr's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

empressnessa's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Pregnancy

monniewashere's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

a little bit predictable but still very captivating! a new fav for sure!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

mjacque's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Excellent read. You won’t regret picking this one up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Abortion, and Murder

desireeraper's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Abortion, and Death of parent

eringeraghty's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

Everyone should read this book. It reflects feminism of the mid 20th century to now. Exciting read from beginning to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kalisaur's review

dark emotional

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

I found the modern character, Alice, frankly annoying. First she is way too capitalist brainwashed whining that she doesn't know who she is if she isn't working 50 hours a week in her toxic work environment, then she repeated makes idiot plot choices to create conflict in her relationship and then at the end

everything is okay because she gets pregnant, which is was actively avoiding for a good portion of the book

. The 50s character, Nellie, is much more likeable imho because all her problems are concrete. I almost wonder if the author had the plot for her story line, found it to be much too short and then crafted the modern tale around it but didn't really have the same good ideas or passion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, Abortion, and Alcohol

cassroberts89's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

Okay, major points for the recipe-and-50s-advice-excerpt gimmick. That definitely saved a star. Sadly it’s not enough to make up for some things I couldn’t get past in order to enjoy this book. 


- Alice is a jerk. I said it. I sympathized with her for a while, but with all the unnecessary lying and emotional manipulation I just couldn’t connect with her after maybe the halfway point. Nate was fine up until the thing he did toward the end (trying to avoid spoilers here). What the heck was that? Who does that? Not someone who we have already agreed is a decent husband. It just didn’t fit. 

- There seems very little connection between Alice and Nellie besides owning the same house and Alice finding her letters. I think we were supposed to read that Alice felt connected to Nellie in some way, but it just wasn’t there. They were nothing alike, their situations were nothing alike. It was just two different stories told in tandem. 

- So… the house is haunted? Or it isn’t? Where was that going? Nowhere. It went nowhere. Too bad, that could have been a fun spin. 


I will say that I was very invested in Nellie’s story. I sympathized with her and rooted for her. I finished the book just to see her get to her (admittedly predictable) ending. I think this book could have been so much more though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Rape and Sexism

spinelessgoblin's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Suicide

tayking's review against another edition

slow-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

2.0

Loved Nellie, Alice is unsufferable. The last 25% of this book was a mess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Death of parent