Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

5 reviews

klawrence1206's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

The content was interesting and very thought provoking. The author has a beautiful style to her writing. But for me, parts were disjointed and jumped around between places and points in time. Her editors did an injustice to this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Classism

lnidsey's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

annalu's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Classism

lucyf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

christiereads23's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-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

4.0

This was a beautiful novel about motherhood, identity, immigration, love, and finding yourself. Patsy makes the hard decision to leave her five year old daughter Tru behind to finally have an opportunity to live with the woman she has loved since she was young. However, things don't go as planned, and the novel follows Patsy and Tru over 10+ years as each is struggling with their identity and with the feelings of guilt or anger they have at leaving and being abandoned. I did think that the beginning was very slow, and it took me a bit to get invested. However, the author did a wonderful job of describing the aspects of Patsy and Tru's lfie so that you really felt as if you knew them. Even if I didn't agree with some decisions that were made, I understood why it was necessary for the character to do. The ending, after spending so long seeing Patsy and Tru struggle with their relationship, was rushed, and I would have loved to seen their relationship build up instead of getting a "flash-forward to the happy ending" that we did get. Overall, this was a beautiful story with characters you will just fall in love with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Rape