Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Room by Emma Donoghue

80 reviews

dougwgordon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Drug use

ellalalalala's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Addiction, and Rape

hannalng's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

sunnybugz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

sophiaroesler's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Child death, Confinement, and Vomit

jedimomtrix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt

bookskatie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Vomit

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Really enjoyed the narrating voice which must have been a feat to write because Jack is both evidently a child but also very mature for his age in a way that's believable given the context he had to grow up in. This could have very easily been a chronicle of an escape only, but the author weaved in some critiques to media and society that felt super poignant. Ending was good, I just felt that the pacing rushed a bit after chapter 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Confinement, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, and Child abuse

aproudmc13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

ricksilva's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

Told from the point-of-view of a five-year-old boy who has lived his whole life in a single room, the room where his mother has been held prisoner by a kidnapper for seven years. The beginning of the book does a great job of building tension around the scenario, and the mother comes up with an extremely dangerous plan to try to escape, but one in which her child must play the crucial role. And then the story departs completely from the pacing one would expect from a thriller, focusing instead on the aftermath and the lingering effects of trauma on mother and son as they try to adapt to their return to the world.

There are a few spots where it felt like the author was scrambling for "okay, now what else could go wrong?", but the voice of Jack, the protagonist and narrator, is very engaging, and the story does a tremendous job of getting maximum impact out of small details. 

It was also nice to see some breaking of standard thriller tropes: The villain is not near-infallible, and really isn't even a major focus of the story. The cops and medical people are competent and compassionate, and the supporting cast is provided a good degree of depth of character, even through what we observe by way of Jack.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, and Miscarriage