Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Hild by Nicola Griffith

5 reviews

bronwynschuster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

The slow pace in audio book form was perfect for listening to while painting. It had similar vibes to Manda Scotts Boudica, but softer. Bad stuff and plots still happen, but things still worked out for the main character. Which was nice, because I was not quite in the mood for the historical tragediy that often goes with this timeline.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Eating disorder, Incest, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

tamara_joy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

third_bookworm's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This was very good. A+ fictional sibling relationship between Hild and Hereswith.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

chlobfish's review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Abortion

rhymeswithnova's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I finished this book after like... four years? I kept bouncing off of it because the prose is dense and full of old non-English words—there's a glossary, but the Kindle version didn't handle that well.
But yeah! A really cool coming-of-age story about a tall, spooky disaster bisexual growing up at court in pre-England in the 600s. 10/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, Slavery, Violence, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Sexual content, and Abortion

Minor: Excrement