Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

28 reviews

snoopyfanclub's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

peach_pit's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

macint0046's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book has great pacing, and I never wanted to put it down. Lisa Unger’s ability to build stories that run parallel to the plot before gracefully arcing together allows this story to be riveting from start to finish. 

A story of family, genetics, history, and how all these elements make us who we are. An element of mystery that serves to move the plot along, but doesn’t have you biting your nails at the unknown. Unger takes your hand and leads you down the path of each character, exploring their flaws and motives while allowing you to make your own decision on the morality of their choices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Centered around infidelity and need of a sperm donor. Rape scene is not graphic but the reaction of the rape victim (fear, sadness, depression) are quick but more triggering.

nicolle12423's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

VERY slowly. It didn't really pick up until about halfway through, and only for a short time. The ending was anticlimactic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

When a group of people go to a vacation house for the weekend, they never dream that it could unravel their lives. 

This book kept me interested in the plot, but wasn’t anything special. I found it semi-predictable and a little heavy on the concept of “family”. The ending also dragged on a little long. 

I liked Henry’s story arc the best, which was only a small portion of the whole thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aschlegs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

Caution: See content warnings. The mystery was interesting to piece together but it's tough to get through if you have any connection to the content warnings listed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

darlingkelly's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

annieisawesome's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This was an incredibly quick read for me. The plot was very engaging. It was fast paced and kept you interested. Overall good. 

However, there were points where it kind of lost its grip on me. Purely because the author would forget what was happening it felt like. A character suddenly was not holding something they had been, or was wearing something totally different. And the over use of some words threw me. For example, svelte and akimbo (which I saw so frequently that I needed to look up their meanings).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

cameronestridge208's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

madlain's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage