Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine

19 reviews

sapphotoni's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Bullying, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Abortion, and Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual harassment

frobishery's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Miscarriage, Infertility, Mental illness, and Bullying

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

_treatyoshelves_'s review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Infertility

danielakalexandra's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.25

Kanske en bok som man uppskattat om man var yngre än mig. Tyckte aldrig riktigt att jag blev särskilt intresserad av karaktärerna, och det mesta berördes bara ytligt; har svårt för när ”problem”(t.ex självskadebeteende, att hitta sin sexualitet) nämns på ett sätt som känns lite ”bara för att”, och det har författaren en tendens att göra i den här boken. 

Jag kan inte säga särskilt mycket om representationen i boken då jag själv inte tillhör de aktuella grupperna, men vissa situationer beskrevs lite ”meh” även där kan jag tycka. 

Gillar däremot det som sagts innan, att boken utspelar sig under en enda dag! 

Summa summarum hade jag tyvärr ganska tråkigt när jag läste boken. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility and Miscarriage

Minor: Self harm, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

miekss's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.5

A very fast easy read and I quite liked that this novel was based on just one day in two peoples lives who briefly cross-paths. The writing style at the start of the book was hard to get through with the amount of commas. I was wanting a bit more character development at the end than it had (although hard to portray in just one day of their life). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Miscarriage

teigancollins'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Self harm, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infertility

rcampbell's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Miscarriage

pancerna's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

lou_christie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Infertility

Moderate: Sexual assault

aoibhin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

At first I was unsure how I felt about this book as generally speaking I prefer a plot driven book rather than character. However as I got about 100 pages in and I started to realise the connection between these two characters - who seemingly had no connection before this - it really clicked with me.

I really loved both Ruth & Pens stories. As someone living in Dublin it made me realise I could be walking by anyone who’s going through what either of them are going through. It was really introspective and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Infertility, Self harm, and Miscarriage