Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

9 reviews

aconwell21's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

alainral's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

vigil's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

this book honestly reads as extremely uninspired and derivative. i think it is unfair to compare books and authors to each other, but once i read that rivers solomon was an inspiration to the author, it was extremely clear to me why. 

if you entered this book for the sea creature element, and you enjoyed the commentary on trauma, and all the other shit that fucked up baby started spouting towards the end, read the deep by rivers solomon, which a better take on the subjects by a mile. 

this book tried to posit itself and its character work as something it wasn’t, and this is at it’s clearest in the ending, that is meant to be a kind of reclamation of oneself and autonomy, but to the reader, evidently less concerned with symbolism than the author, it comes across as a new kind of chain. really, the prose is lovely, and the atmosphere is strong, rocklyn conveys very visceral horror and emotions through the protagonist’s experience, but there’s really nothing in this book that justifies reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

bluebrooks's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

female rage, beautiful beautiful beautiful writing.... we love to see it. i will be thinking about this for a while and will probably return to write an actual review but for now i'm just gonna drop the 5 stars this little book deserves. 

(if u like this u will probably also enjoy here, the world entire !!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Alcohol

This story largely revolves around a pregnancy and traumatic birth. The main character is a member of a persecuted racial and religious minority, who faces bigotry throughout.

cheye13's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Excrement

An unwanted pregnancy carried through to birth is the majority of the narrative

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity and Sexism

Unwanted/forced pregnancy; childbirth and post-natal care. Infant death/harm. Generational trauma; discrimination/persecution. Urination, various other bodily fluids, brief emetophobia. Animal attacks, including on children. Needles in the context of wound care.

sarah984's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

This was another strange one to me. A cosmic horror novella about a pregnant woman on an ark at sea giving birth to a creature. I don't really know why this didn't work for me but there was so much weird relationship drama and the main character’s decisions just seem to come out of nowhere. The writing is good and I think I understand the intention of the story but it just wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

lacee's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Death of parent