Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

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chelseylb1988's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced
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booksandteatime's review

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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corar's review

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

4.0

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jazhandz's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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parkerluck's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Conceptually this is right up my alley, so I really wanted to love it. Unfortunately I found the first person POV hard to get behind, and felt like a lot of the difficult themes that were introduced didn't get the time/depth they deserved. 

The back end of the book sagged quite a bit for me especially. There wasn't enough character development to temper how roundabout the plot ended up being. The ending was too clumsily executed for me to feel... particularly moved/gutted by the cycle of abuse that ended up being perpetuated by the protag.

Maybe I'd feel differently on a re-read but overall I just... wanted more from it.
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cfell's review

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

3.75

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robinsong's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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cammiem8's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A woman and her clone girlboss their way through hundreds of egregious ethics violations! 
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nyssa_jo's review

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

3.0

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cappuccino136's review

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dark emotional reflective tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a study of cycles of abuse and trauma in a creepy psychological thriller. I hesitate to use the word thriller, because this is not fast paced. It starts out with a sci-fi twist on the cheating spouse trope. Evelyn is a research scientist who has developed a cloning process and is perfecting it for practical use (security doubles for politicians, intelligence operations, etc.) Her husband, Nathan, stole her notes and has been having an affair with Martine, a clone of her that he has designed to be the kind of woman he always wanted. The kind of woman Evelyn can never be. Pliant, domestic, kind, with a maternal instinct.

You think you know what to expect. You think you know who you will side with. But as the layers of the characters are revealed, things get much more complicated. This looks closely at domestic abuse, family secrets, generational trauma. It also dissects misogyny and gender roles. We get a close look at the process of creating these clones. They are products for use, neurologically programmed, violently injured to mirror the scars and imperfections of the original, and in the end discarded as waste. The possibility of their status as persons is never a consideration.

This was an unsettling read in the best way. The tone and atmosphere was dark. The ending had a disturbing edge for me. It got under my skin. 

 
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