Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

10 reviews

finn_vibing's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

sydapel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I really loved how beautifully the prose in this novel flowed from one sentence to the next. It won't be for everyone, but for me it really captured the languorous feeling of being a teenager - the anticipatory waiting followed by sudden and unexpected heartbreak or hurt. I also loved the way Woodson weaves religion, motherhood and coming of age moments into the story. The only thing I felt was missing was primarily a moment of resolution with our main character in the present day.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, and Pedophilia

bookrokosmos's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

cm1922's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I didn’t like how the past and present monologues were intertwined in this book, it could have been more cohesive but overall the book is hard hitting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

irenemarie's review

emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, and Suicide

azyef's review

challenging emotional relaxing slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Rape, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug abuse

theintrovertedintrovert's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and War

mmatti300's review

reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

The writing style of Another Brooklyn blew me away. Woodson knows how to utilize language to her advantage, transporting readers into her world quickly and efficiently. However, because of the length of the book and the vague nature of memories I feel as though I am missing something from the characters, even August, our protagonist. That being said, we do fully experience the sense of the rose colored glasses that cover our memories of childhood, even though Woodson is not afraid to bring to mind the traumas and realities of Brooklyn in the 70s. A beautiful, stunning novel, that I just wish was a little longer. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery

melaniereadsbooks's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was such an interesting and well-written novella.  I was able to read this in practically one sitting and it flew by.

I loved the character growth that happened in this memoir-esque fiction. It felt so real and I was definitely empathizing with the main character and her friends.

The writing in this book is absolutely beautiful. One thing I really loved about it was its repetition of memory, and how it played around that theme.  There were some twists I didn't really see coming and the unreliability of the main characters memory really kept me on my toes.

Great and important story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Grief