Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

18 reviews

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Men are bad and boorish and everything evil under the sun unless they can do their jobs as studs and pleasure women. Women are mystical beings whose biggest accomplishments are bleeding and birthing because that's the real meaning of Womahood™. A simplification of this wack ass retelling. I don't know anything of the author and I'm not a super expert on the Old Testament story (I did see José do Egito, a Brazilian biblical tv series/telenovela about Joseph's story lol) but I can tell there were choices made here that were just to shit on the tradition just bc she could but were kinda sus. That's within her artistic license sure but there was no profound commentary, just a very New Age, White Feminist take that hasn't aged well. There were a few good passages but overall it was a version of glorifying a type of Womanhood™ I really loathe. I only finished it bc it had the keyword in one of my reading challenges and was intrigued how she'd tackle some other points of the story but it was unbearable to say the least. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

laserdiscreader's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

I'm vaguely confident this was a reread and, if it was, it was just as enjoyable the second time round. A wonderful piece of biblical fiction about a woman I never learned about in church yet recognized every part of her story because of who her family is. I loved the reimagining of why certain religious traditions were/are as they were/are and it was refreshing to read such a familiar story through the modern, feminist lense. My copy also had a Q&A with the author which was a fun post-read cool down to hear her own thoughts of how the book has been received by various groups. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

zestymelon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

kateausten's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicide

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

3.5

I almost DNF's this but I'm so glad I didn't.  That ending... damn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

breadwitchery's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Infertility, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Pedophilia, Vomit, Dementia, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sashafriese's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jourdanicus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I have so many feelings about this book, it's hard to write a review.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Suicide