Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

24 reviews

honeymoonleo's review against another edition

• 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Infertility, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Death, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

merlinandrose's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Child death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

anna_m_k's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

A beautiful exploration of a life-long friendship between two women, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan follows Lily and her life-long friend Snow Flower from their childhood through their adulthood. It is written as a memoir by Lily after she has lived a long life and is reflecting on, and regretting, aspects of her life and relationship with Snow Flower. Meditative and emotional, it is an exploration of a deep relationship between two women as they navigate their lives and their culture across many decades.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny

Minor: War

cait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Vomit, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, War, Death, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

pattycrabby's review against another edition

informative reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

crystaldragonst's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Picked up this book on a whim in a bookstore last year and finally got around to reading it. The book is well written with an easy to read style. The historical setting of 1800s China was interesting and lent a vibrant backdrop for the focus of the story which is of Lily (mc) and her relationships with others and finding her place as a woman.

Warning: there is a pretty graphic description of footbinding early on in the book. I knew about footbinding but the book describes the process in detail and I honestly felt sick reading that part. I think it’s important because that is something that happened in real life and Lily’s character is shaped by this event pretty strongly. But just be aware.

Overall, I cried at the end of the book. It was sad, reflective, beautiful. A good reminder to examine your relationships and not take everything at face value.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

strrygo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

:( ; ; <\3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse

mtnest's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Physical abuse, Child death, Grief, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Death, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement, Suicide, Infertility, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and War

shelbydm's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

_n40m1_'s review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Classism, Pregnancy, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse