Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

39 reviews

skillwithaquill's review against another edition

4.25

I devoured this book and I absolutely loved it. The pace, the narrative, the science fiction mixed with true-life trauma, and CLONES!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

pages_and_cacti's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Synopsis: Dr. Evelyn Caldwell is an award winning geneticist. Martin’s is a genetically cloned replica created from her research by her Evelyn’s husband, Nathan. When Evelyn finds out that he is cheating on her with Martins, she leaves him. When Nathan turns up dead, both wives join together to clean up. 

My Thoughts: This was my first novel by Sarah Gailey and will be a fan from here on out. This one was a wild ride and really made you think about the ethical, moral and consequences of human cloning. It was a lot to wrap your head around at times but worth every minute of reading. The consequences of actions were well thought out. What an incredibly thought evoking novel.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

lmenery's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-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

This is a very thought provoking book. I  went back and forth with how I felt about Evelyn. Good book group book, lots of discussion possibilities.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

anarchist_al's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I really liked the twists and turns of this novel. The narrator did a fantastic job bringing each character to life, and acting out more than just dialogue. I really loved the character arcs of Evelyn and Martine, and I was very satisfied with the ending. Evelyn as the narrator was rarely lovable, but she was brilliant and smart and so observant, and her moments of empathy were meaningful. This book was pretty science-heavy, but it never felt difficult to understand. I was riveted from start to finish!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity and Gaslighting

nyoom's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content

msjenne's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, and Pregnancy

shakakan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

laurareads87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.25

The plot of The Echo Wife follows Evelyn, a scientist engaged in research on the possibilities of human cloning, and Martine, a clone of Evelyn that, as the plot description for the book notes, is having a relationship with Evelyn's (ex-)husband.  The story is told from Evelyn's point of view; as a character, she is brilliantly written but a very uncomfortable mind for the reader to inhabit: she describes her 'subjects,' the living, breathing, sentient human clones she has created, in such cold terms ('medical waste'), refusing to even acknowledge very real ethical complexities involved in cloning that the reader absolutely cannot avoid facing.  At its heart, though, this book is about dehumanization -- the particular kinds of abuse that involve treating another as an instrument with a function rather than a person, that involve breaking another down with the clear intent of making them subservient rather than independent -- and, also, about survival.  This was a very emotional read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

blakethebookeater's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse