Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

7 reviews

eparris's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Great world building, good setting, pacing wasn't great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

kenzietaul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Hate crime, Rape, Abortion, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Confinement, Trafficking, and Medical content

serendipitysbooks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

 When She Woke had me thoroughly absorbed from the get-go. It’s set in a dystopian near future where the lines between church and state have been virtually eradicated, and the world-building is fabulous. And all too plausible. It’s almost a cross between The Scarlet Letter and The Handmaid’s Tale. Hannah has been convicted of murder for having an abortion. Her sentence is to be “chromed” - have her skin colour genetically altered for a period of sixteen years and a thirty day period of imprisonment, total isolation in her cell during which her every move is broadcast to the public. I enjoyed following Hannah’s journey, especially because she was proactive, not passive. As always I appreciated seeing religious hypocrisy highlighted. I felt that the first half of the book was the strongest, and I wasn’t convinced by an event or two in the latter third. But overall a fabulous if frightening read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

stories's review against another edition

Loan expired, not worth reborrowing. 

It was fine, but society was increasingly shitty and I didn’t fancy the continued darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Bullying

rebyreadsandwrites's review against another edition

challenging hopeful tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Cursing, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Homophobia, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Vomit, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, Grief, Sexual assault, Rape, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy and Pedophilia

brewedspines's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infertility