knitterscasket's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Sexism and Adult/minor relationship
roksyreads's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Sexism
Minor: Miscarriage
yikeslou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Anyway let's talk about how Alice was a better husband to Fleetwood throughout that whole book. Every man in this is evil and should get hemorrhoids.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Vomit
Moderate: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, and Miscarriage
Minor: Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Main character is seventeen years old and married to a man a few years older than her, as was common at the time.the_bees_books's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, Sexism, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Confinement, and Death
chloemakesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Sexism
Moderate: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Classism, Child death, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Alcoholism
Minor: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
emmasanderson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Blood, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Minor: Child abuse and Pedophilia
evelum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Child death
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
alomie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
It was possibly about 100 pages longer than I would have liked but overall I enjoyed the story.
Fleetwood the main character is a strong leading lady and very worthy in trying to save her poor midwife Alice who is accused of witchcraft and the murder of a child.
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault
nataliaf4's review
- 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
5.0
TW: descriptions of miscarriage and stillbirth, animal death, gaslighting, blood, and mentions of sexual abuse of a minor.
Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Animal death, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Sexism, Misogyny, and Infertility
Minor: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia
bybookandbone's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Throughout the book, Fleetwood has to deal with being seen as nothing more as an interactive uterus in an expensive dress.
I don't want to say much more than that without spoiling the story, though I wish it had ended with the violent murder of her husband, Richard, and his friend Rodger.
Alice is one of the women accused of witchcraft and Fleetwood's only friend, as well as the only midwife who has actually helped her with her difficult pregnancy.
Don't be fooled into thinking this book is about the Pendle trials, it's set around them but at the end of the day, it's Fleetwood and Alice's story.
Spoiler
I still wish they ran off togetherGraphic: Animal death, Blood, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Infertility
Minor: Abandonment, Body horror, and Confinement