Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Procurando Jane by Heather Marshall

31 reviews

athenabe's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Self harm, and Blood

shae_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Miscarriage, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

mdavis26's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

klbreyfogle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape and Grief

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. This is me teaching myself how to breathe again, because I almost forgot. I am simply astounded by what I just read. Looking for Jane is written in a way that makes the reader feel like he or she is a part of something big. Furthermore, to write about true events without conveying the facts like you are writing a research paper is a real skill, and Heather Marshall has mastered it. Inspired by true stories, we follow our main characters through three separate timelines: 1971, 1980, and 2017. There is a ton of foreshadowing in this book, and I STILL did not guess the big giant whopping colossal enormous supercalifragilisticexpialidocious twist at the end. Talk about tears! As mentioned in the author's note, this book is about abortion and the right to choose, but it is also about so much more. I think there is room for a sequel, because something Sister Agatha said to Nancy was not addressed or revisited. I would love to read more. I'm going to go hug my mom now. Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Grief

Minor: Blood

kawooreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, and Death of parent

thrillofthepage's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Self harm, and Abandonment

cailinfitzgerald's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

chailady's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Omg! This debut novel absolutely pulled me into the story. I’m not overly fond of duel timelines, and this one has three! Plus three major characters whose stories are so well interwoven that the three timelines didn’t affect my ability to enjoy(?) reading the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Moderate: Grief and Gaslighting

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt