Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

223 reviews

arlaubscher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Infertility, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Trafficking

mushroomfrog's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Confinement

Moderate: Infertility, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Vomit

vir_abelasan's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

sarahbethhh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It had me in the first 3/4 of the book, but the last quarter was so disappointing. I would have rather she added 300 more pages to this tome if it meant she fleshed out her ideas more. The last 200 pages felt rushed and everything felt too convenient. I personally enjoyed her world building and LOVED the framing of the story, but was disappointed in her final execution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Blood, Miscarriage, and War

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

5.0

It’s basically game of thrones for teens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

justrebecca's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy

alexschrade's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

One of the best books, I've read in a while. One of those book where you can imerge yourself in the story and it feels like you're watching everything with your own eyes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Murder

keelahope's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Incest, and Pedophilia

LGBTQ+ relationships and sexual content. They are relatively easy to skip but would not recommend.

pbeeandj's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

Huge, epic, and gay. Quality animal and dragon friends to help our protagonists (I especially loved the Ichnuemon). All but one of the pov characters are POC. I wish I could watch this as a series. 5/5 stars and no notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

cameronreads's review

5.0

I don’t know how this book managed to surpass my expectations but it did by leaps and bounds. A perfect world, magic system, writing style, structure, and cast of characters. I was convinced I’d be saying it was too long, but if anything it could have been longer - I would spend forever in this incredible world with these life like characters. Loved this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Dementia, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Torture