Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Haunting Season by Natasha Pulley, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Bridget Collins, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal

14 reviews

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

spacecadelliot's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, and Sexual content

joareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Bit of a mixed bag of a book. A collection of eight haunting wintery tales - it ranges from the old to the new, the bizarre to the creepy.

A Study in Black and White is good, I love the writing style and it kept me interested in the story with its slightly freaky atmosphere (four stars).

Thwaite's Tenant is a little strange but interesting and ends in a satisfying way (three stars).

The Eel Singers is very strange and gets very weird at times but I'm glad with how it ends (three stars).

Lily Wilt gets very dark and weird and I'm not that keen on the story, especially the animal death part (three stars).

The Chillingham Chair is a perfect blend of creepy and entertaining with some great characters - a story I thoroughly enjoyed (five stars).

The Hanging of the Greens is confusing - is there supposed to be a message in the story? Nevertheless is was an eerie read but again, there's animal death (three stars).

Confinement is definitely a creepy one and ends in that open ended way with it being up to you to interpret how it all ends. It focuses on post natal psychosis and is quite startling to read (three stars).

Monster is not the story I would have picked to close the book. I didn't enjoy at all and I think it's not creepy, it's disturbing (one star).

A good book to read close to Halloween as the nights get longer and the days colder - definitely a haunting book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy