Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Îndoiala by Ashley Audrain

232 reviews

lbooch24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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: Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse

michellec9's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

krush's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

pageturningkate28's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Pregnancy

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

caoimhe_fleming's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

breanneporter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

This is a hard book to rate; I devoured it, finishing in just over a day, but now that I’ve finished I’m struggling to understand what to take away from it… it follows our narrator, Blythe, as she recounts her experience of motherhood with her daughter, Violet, and her son, Sam, and her tale is interspersed with memories of her own mother as well as her mother’s history with her own mother. It is very dark, so be sure to check content warnings. More than the darkness, it is unsettling. I felt anxious reading it, but was compelled to continue. The pacing is fast, the chapters are short, and it’s very easy to be immersed in the narrative (even as it makes you increasingly uncomfortable).

I kept waiting for evidence of Blythe’s untrustworthiness as a narrator, something to redeem Violet, but I didn’t really get that… and the ending is (horrifyingly) validating to Blythe’s perspective, but there’s no recognition of why only Blythe was seeing this side of her / was the target of her derision for so long…. Idk.

I’m not sure I would recommend or say that it was an enjoyable reading experience but it was certainly an immersive and memorable one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

moonmoonsun's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

kennedymartin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

rebecca_77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity