Anna Alcott is desperate to be pregnant. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life with a grueling IVF journey, she starts to suspect that someone is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens. Crucial medicines are lost. Appointments get swapped without her knowledge. And even when she finally manages to get pregnant, not even her husband is willing to believe that someone's playing a twisted game with her.
When the increasingly cryptic threats drive her out of her Brooklyn brownstone and into hiding in the cold, gray ghost town that is the Hamptons in the depths of winter, Anna is almost at the end of her rope.
Then her doctor tells her she's had a miscarriage—except Anna's convinced she's still pregnant, despite everything the grave-faced men around her claim. Could it be that her mind is playing tricks on her? Or is something more sinister at play? As her symptoms become ever more horrifying and the sense of danger ever more present, Anna can't help but wonder what exactly she's carrying inside of her...and why no one will listen when she says something is horribly, painfully wrong.
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Rating: 3 Stars
My Review: I love this authors young adult books. So when this one came up to read I jumped on that train so fast I didn't even pack a bag. However, once I started reading the book everything that I loved about her other stories just weren't there. For me this story was bland and somewhat confusing and well boring for the most part. I miss the dark and exciting tales she did for The Merciless and The Haunted. Where was this in this book I have no idea.
Review
"Delicate Condition is the feminist update to Rosemary's Baby we all needed―a twisty, page-turner with unsettling details and crackling writing that's also a timely critique of sexism in modern medicine." ― Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here
"A frightening, propulsive read brimming with brutal truths about motherhood, autonomy, and the everyday horror of not being believed. This twisty horror thriller will have you guessing until the staggering end." ― Rachel Harrison, National Bestselling author of Cackle and Such Sharp Teeth
"A propulsive modern update on classic horror with a clever ending that lets no one off the hook." ― Anne Heltzel, author of Just Like Mother
"Heartbreakingly visceral, eerie and intense, reading Delicate Condition is feeling, with every new turn of the page, what it’s like for your body to no longer be your own. A masterful musing on the horrors of pregnancy, loss and what it means to be a woman when the medical world fails you. A spooky, devour-in-one-sitting story that’s guaranteed to have everyone talking." ― Leah Konen, author of You Should Have Told Me
"A visceral rallying cry against the horrors of medical gaslighting, our culture's indifference to birthing people's pain, and the complete terror of creating and sustaining life―Delicate Condition is beautifully written, unbearably tense, and deeply scary. A modern fairy tale that asks what we'd be willing to sacrifice for the thing we want most. Danielle Valentine will sit on my shelf beside Julia Fine, Jessamine Chan, and Rachel Yoder--writers who remind us of the monster inside every mother." ― Katie Gutierrez, bestselling author of More Than You’ll Ever Know
"Both disturbing and unrelentingly captivating, Delicate Condition grabbed me and didn't let go until its final page." ― Darcy Coates, USA Today bestselling author
"Both a scathing indictment of the treatment of women by medical professionals and a breathless thriller, Delicate Conditionpaints an unyielding and heart-wrenching portrait of pregnancy that reaches like a clawed hand inside your chest. I could not put it down." ― Katrina Monroe, author of Graveyard of Lost Children
"Both a scathing indictment of the treatment of women by medical professionals and a breathless thriller, Delicate Condition paints an unyielding and heart-wrenching portrait of pregnancy that reaches like a clawed hand inside your chest. I could not put it down." ― Katrina Monroe, author of Graveyard of Lost Children
"What a thrilling, visceral read. So dark, and very fast paced." ― Heather Darwent, author of The Things We Do to Our Friends
"An absolute cracker of a read, one to be read by all women, everywhere. I could not put it down." ― Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me
"Pitch black horror meets smart psychological thriller in this fantastically moreish debut. I devoured it, feeling simultaneously sick and thrilled. And that ending... just perfect." ― SJI Holliday, author of The Deaths of December
"Fabulously original. A deeply unsettling read that plays on women's darkest fears of pregnancy." ― Gemma Rogers, author of The Secret
"Delicate Condition is a modern nightmare that will get under your skin in all the worst ways. Equal parts creepy as hell, thrilling and infuriating, this book needs to be read." ― Luke Walker, author of The Nameless Series --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
"A frightening, propulsive read brimming with brutal truths about motherhood, autonomy, and the everyday horror of not being believed. This twisty horror thriller will have you guessing until the staggering end." ― Rachel Harrison, National Bestselling author of Cackle and Such Sharp Teeth
"A propulsive modern update on classic horror with a clever ending that lets no one off the hook." ― Anne Heltzel, author of Just Like Mother
"Heartbreakingly visceral, eerie and intense, reading Delicate Condition is feeling, with every new turn of the page, what it’s like for your body to no longer be your own. A masterful musing on the horrors of pregnancy, loss and what it means to be a woman when the medical world fails you. A spooky, devour-in-one-sitting story that’s guaranteed to have everyone talking." ― Leah Konen, author of You Should Have Told Me
"A visceral rallying cry against the horrors of medical gaslighting, our culture's indifference to birthing people's pain, and the complete terror of creating and sustaining life―Delicate Condition is beautifully written, unbearably tense, and deeply scary. A modern fairy tale that asks what we'd be willing to sacrifice for the thing we want most. Danielle Valentine will sit on my shelf beside Julia Fine, Jessamine Chan, and Rachel Yoder--writers who remind us of the monster inside every mother." ― Katie Gutierrez, bestselling author of More Than You’ll Ever Know
"Both disturbing and unrelentingly captivating, Delicate Condition grabbed me and didn't let go until its final page." ― Darcy Coates, USA Today bestselling author
"Both a scathing indictment of the treatment of women by medical professionals and a breathless thriller, Delicate Conditionpaints an unyielding and heart-wrenching portrait of pregnancy that reaches like a clawed hand inside your chest. I could not put it down." ― Katrina Monroe, author of Graveyard of Lost Children
"Both a scathing indictment of the treatment of women by medical professionals and a breathless thriller, Delicate Condition paints an unyielding and heart-wrenching portrait of pregnancy that reaches like a clawed hand inside your chest. I could not put it down." ― Katrina Monroe, author of Graveyard of Lost Children
"What a thrilling, visceral read. So dark, and very fast paced." ― Heather Darwent, author of The Things We Do to Our Friends
"An absolute cracker of a read, one to be read by all women, everywhere. I could not put it down." ― Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me
"Pitch black horror meets smart psychological thriller in this fantastically moreish debut. I devoured it, feeling simultaneously sick and thrilled. And that ending... just perfect." ― SJI Holliday, author of The Deaths of December
"Fabulously original. A deeply unsettling read that plays on women's darkest fears of pregnancy." ― Gemma Rogers, author of The Secret
"Delicate Condition is a modern nightmare that will get under your skin in all the worst ways. Equal parts creepy as hell, thrilling and infuriating, this book needs to be read." ― Luke Walker, author of The Nameless Series --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
About the Author
Danielle Valentine is a pseudonym for young-adult novelist Danielle Vega. Her work, which includes The Merciless series, has been optioned for film and television by Lionsgate and Warner Bros and has been translated into dozens of languages worldwide. She lives outside of New York city with her husband, daughter, and two ornery cats. Delicate Condition is her first adult novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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