Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

47 reviews

mickeydoodle99's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

eliselerario's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Selfish, petulant child of a woman steals a child from a grief-stricken but loving mother and ruins the dreams and lives of everyone she loves in the process, including her own

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

benjamintoad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Grief

quixie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Kidnapping

claireswale's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

This book really got me in the end. I couldn’t put it down once I got to Part 3 and I was an emotional wreck by the end! A heart wrenching story that evoked really strong, conflicting feelings as I read! Didn’t get 5 stars only because I was often frustrated with the characters, but ultimately felt for all of them and was really effected by the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

jollymama's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, War, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Death

the_pink_pharmacist's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Miscarriage

hanngigi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Miscarriage, and Child death

Moderate: War and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

phantomgecko's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

I wanted to shake everyone in this book for their bad decisions.

Just a heartbreaking situation even though the solution was apparent.

I cried a fair bit at the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Confinement, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and War

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I listened to this on audiobook but I did try to start reading this years again and never got into it before it was due to the library. It was still challenging to get into, maybe because the beginning is pretty dry  and it takes a long time to start getting into actual dialogue and the real story. However it was such a unique subject and I really did enjoy the story once it got started and definitely shed some tears for this unconventional family.

I can’t decide if I like how it ended because obviously returning Lucy to her actual mother was the right thing to do but that poor little girl!! I sorta wish some sort of compromise could have been made but I suppose that’s not realistic. Damn them for even keeping her in the first place and putting me through this ugh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood, War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Cancer

I think you could consider the entire premise of this book is about kidnapping thought not exactly in a criminal way. Lots of description and grief over miscarriages and stillborn birth, some mention of war and death.