Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

305 reviews

calaisnobu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Misogyny, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

fellowsjm's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is deep and thoughtful and full of amazing quotes, I really enjoyed this even though it's not my usual genre

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Pregnancy

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide

kberri11's review

dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Biphobia, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death

rchulin1's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow I loved this book immensely. It is very dark but so worth it every sentence word paragraph was so well thought out and placed I found myself imagining all the reasons for each placement though this book is on the shorter side the story feels so long in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, War, Violence, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Classism, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Medical content, Miscarriage, Child death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Deportation, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

rthpr's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I put off reading this for a long time as I already had an idea of the plot, and I was worried about how graphic and depressing it would be.

It is very heavy, there are parts that are downright horrible, but Attwood’s writing is so beautiful that I really enjoyed it.

I also partly listened to the audiobook read by Elisabeth Moss and really enjoyed that too. I’d probably recommend the audiobook over physical copies, it was very well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Rape

Moderate: Child death

charliebuday's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide attempt, Death, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

greenan26's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Infertility, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Slavery, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Mental illness, Police brutality, Suicide, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Genocide, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Self harm

dorris_s_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Racism, Confinement, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Suicide, Infertility, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

lmagie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Confinement, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Murder, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual assault, Death, War, Abortion, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

booksarebae's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Sexism