Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan

8 reviews

maelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

mysterymom46's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Addiction

Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Trafficking, and Death

Minor: Vomit

Saying “Christ” repeatedly; person “selling” access to a child for abuse; scene with a noose; talk of abortion

ditzybub's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

I found it really hard to get into this book to begin with. Lots of characters with difficult names (and a lot of using surnames to address characters) made it hard for me to navigate as I’m not very good with name association. I pushed through and then read the last 1/4 of the book in one sitting as it got interesting and immersive. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

leebeeloves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Abortion

carlytenille's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Murder, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage

narbine's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

It was a confusing ass plot and so many characters I couldn't differentiate. ACAB. 

Apparently the book is the start of a series and this stood fine on it's own. I won't be reading another.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Medical content, Murder, Addiction, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage

placebogirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape and Drug abuse

nike13's review

3.0

 This was a heavy book, lots of really horrible things uncovered about the police force and the children of the area going back decades all for our Cormac to discover and solve. Honestly by the 2/3rds point I wanted to stop after finding out the why of the decades old mystery but I was invested and needed to know how things tied into the current mystery. Also, there was the unwanted pregnancy of dead lover trope that I hate every time it's in a story. Like there wasn't enough already going on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Abortion