Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith

22 reviews

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

My main criticism of this book is that Smith spends a lot of time setting boundaries with the reader about her story, specifically around her kids, yet she tells a very vulnerable story about her son at one point.

Spoiler

where he says he does not feel like has a family

Past that I think this was a great reflective work and story of both a marriage and a divorce. I will be seeking out more of Smith's work later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol

briannad4's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Infidelity and Pregnancy

mmartinko11's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

caseythereader's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Pregnancy

faduma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

kcarney86's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Infertility, Cursing, and Pregnancy

mroth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

I loved this. It was honest, beautiful, eviscerating, deeply intellectual, and deeply deeply human. Smith has an incredibly engaging story to tell, but she doesn’t rest on the basic: she questions how and what she is trying to say always. This was the book I wanted Foreverland to be. What a gorgeous gut punch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Infidelity

lizzieaxxe's review

dark emotional slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

kiragreads's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Miscarriage

rainefryberger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage