Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Hittebarnet by Stacey Halls

6 reviews

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

SO fascinating and gripping! The settlement felt a little bit too easy and slightly anachronistic, but I loved the rest.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, Vomit, Deportation, Trafficking, Grief, Infidelity, and Slavery

creativeworld's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Slavery

justovereherereading's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Great story! Emotional and heart warming. Shows the lengths a mother will go to for her child. 
I enjoyed seeing Alexandra’s character develop & seeing how Bess’s life unfolded. 
Enjoyed immensely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Infidelity, Confinement, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

wallflovver's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

i read the familiars by stacey halls last year, picked up purely because of the cover and i loved it. but i genuinely think i enjoyed the foundling more so! 

both books have the common theme of motherhood with complex female characters at the forefront

i was completely gripped by this book, stacey manages to write in a way that is easy to consume and so tense. every time i had to put it down, i couldnt wait to pick up where i left off

i really enjoyed the way the story panned out, there was a point towards the end where i couldn't see a happy ending for all involved - of course, i was wrong 

the two perspectives really worked, and it helped to fully flesh out both alexandra's and bess' characters/back story 

the male characters in the familiars were all so hateable, but i liked the male characters in this book (with one main exception). doctor mead and lyle were just chef's kiss in my opinion!

thoroughly enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Sexual assault, and Vomit

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Classism, and Kidnapping

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide