Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Wenn aus Funken Flammen werden by Abby Jimenez

51 reviews

hannahromans's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I really truly loved this book until about 50% in. I got so tired of the back and forth between Josh and Kristen. He was completely insufferable and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Kristen’s lack of honesty and communication throughout the book really bothered me. I’m glad they got their happy ending but this book wasn’t what I hoped it would be 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

jax10124's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Chronic illness rep
Bad assgirl boss fmc
Golden retriever mmc
The dog was my fave character 
Major miscommunication trope that was mildly irritation to frustrating… without it half the book wouldn’t t have happened though so…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

brisievenpiper's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, and War

mirandaburel's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.0

This book is an interesting read. In the one hand there were things I really liked (josh, primarily) and other things I really didn’t (the entire existence of Tyler, the purposeful miscommunication). Sometimes this book reached for 4 stars and other times I wanted to rate it a 2. 

I think the author’s note gave a lot of insight and empathy toward the fertility plot line. but the pacing of it, the way Kristen refused to have a proper conversation about it with Josh, the late OCD reveal (which makes a lot of sense and makes me think she’s an unreliable narrator and almost want to reread it through that lens)… to me it was just frustrating to read. I feel like a lot of things could have been explored more but were brushed aside to make it a ~romance~. 

Speaking of the romance…again I have mixed feelings. I think they had great chemistry, but they also fell for each other ridiculously quickly. I feel like the central conflict being her fertility would have been better than if it was just that. But instead she had this not-exactly-cheating plot line with Tyler and Josh (that  led to her eventual pregnancy iirc), and Tyler’s proposal, her “thinking about it” only to immediately refuse. It’s just felt unnecessary when the central conflict could have just been her working through her health issues while grappling with her growing feelings for Josh. (To be clear, a lot of time is still spent in that conflict, but it felt  like stonewalling and not actual progress). 

Them the thing with alone and Brandon….felt gratuitous. Now that I know it’s a setup for book 2 it makes sense, but it was A Choice for the third act conflict and i just didn’t really like it! 

TLDR this book tried to do too much, instead of digging deep with the most interesting bits. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Vomit, Alcohol, and Classism

kyliemurky's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

ms_read's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.0

I loved the representation of women’s health issues but I was bothered by unrealistic physical descriptions of the main characters, some overused tropes, and some background characters that felt like caricatures. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

senga15's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

antidietleah's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

emkschneider's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage

gabs_parr's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Incredible read. One of the best books I’ve read so far this year, and I’m about 66 books into this year if memory serves. I physically cried TWICE while reading this book 😭 The characters and their stories just feel THAT real, lovable, and relatable. When they were heartbroken, so was I. 

Kristen is one of the most relatable FMCs I’ve read about in a while. A FMC with reproductive health issues AND OCD?!? Hello?!? Am I looking in the mirror?!? Crazy how you don’t realize how important it is to see yourself represented on the page until you actually see it done and then you are SO grateful for it. (For the record, both topics are handled very well). 

Josh is a phenomenal MMC. He’s exactly the type of guy I’d date in real life, so I was hooked right from the beginning 😂 That’s not always the case. I don’t always like the MMC, or even if I do, I might like them for the FMC, but they’re usually not like anyone I’d date for myself. But Josh… he’s very similar to the men I date in real life LOL gotta love him 😂 

Sloan and Brandon were great side characters. I enjoyed their arcs and personalities. Their friendships with each other and with the main characters were deep enough to be impactful without detracting from the storyline to the point where they got annoying or something. It’s nice to see MCs have real friends outside of their partners. Very well done. 

Check trigger warnings if you are more sensitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Grief

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail