Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc

6 reviews

erinbrenner's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Violence, Medical trauma, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abandonment, Cursing, Child death, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

k0n0's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I picked this up thinking it was either going to be a retelling or a trashy monster romance but it surprised me. It was both and neither of those things and something so much more. Post apocalypse, Greek mythology, fairy tale, exploration of grief, and coming to terms with one's true self all wrapped up into one. This is probably one of this best books I've read in 2023. I feel like in a post covid world this book just hits differently than if it had been published only a few years prior. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

mollyrook's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I was intrigued by this book, but I didn’t ever really connect with it. I didn’t really buy any of the relationships in the book, and I didn’t think it ended up anywhere particularly satisfying. I did really like the fairy tales woven throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

Almost everyone dies at the start of the book. Pregnancy is a big theme, and Heather’s twin babies die horribly during the book.

selenatothemax's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Violence

bdingz's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Ableism, Child death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

katmanica's review

reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Medical content