Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake

20 reviews

kadyofbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, and Abortion

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Excrement, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Abortion

writer595's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Sexism

kaylamoran's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The first thing I'll say: this book is exceptionally graphic, so much more than I thought it would be.  There were a few times I found myself feeling a bit sick.
The story itself interested me more than I thought it would.  I loved Nora and Daniel, although Daniel was controlling in a way I didn't like.  I think he has a lot of personality flaws that I wish were addressed, and weren't.
The feminism was a bit outdated at times too, but I do bear in mind that it's a period piece.  However the phrase "I'm not like other girls" was said one too many times, in reference to the main female, who was into surgery instead of dresses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pregnancy

meganpbennett's review

challenging informative slow-paced

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

1.0

The Girl in His Shadow is really, really, really hard to rate. There were parts of it that were excellent and other parts that were very much in the 'why bother reading or even writing this book.'

The book was very well-written and engaging, and gave a really good look at the time period. I found some of the medical scenes a bit too accurate. As it was period-accurate, there was a lot of misogyny directed at Nora, who was only trying to better herself professionally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

miggyfool's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Drug use

hownoveljo's review against another edition

adventurous informative relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Medical trauma

mayukiiq's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

jenna36's review

I really tried to finish this book because I liked the story, but it was much too gruesome for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

msjk427's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-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

I've been in a historical fiction mood lately, plus, having recently read The Other Einstein and Half Life (about Marie Curie) this drew my attention. While the content is highly technical (the authors include a lot of 1840s medical procedures) and blatantly anatomical, I enjoyed the character development of Nora, Daniel, and even Horace. It was also interesting to see how primitive medicine seemed at the time. And while there was a slight lag in the middle and I'm not a huge fan of enemies to lovers,  overall, I really enjoyed this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death of parent