Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Centaur's Wife by Amanda Leduc

6 reviews

erinbrenner's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

k0n0's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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, Death, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

mollyrook's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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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, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

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 against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence

bdingz's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Violence, Pregnancy

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

katmanica's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

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