Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

12 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Violence, Confinement, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Child abuse, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Racism

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

What keeps me from giving it 5 stars is that I fear the author did not intend what I got out of it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Incest, Miscarriage, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Gore, Gaslighting, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

lattelibrarian's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Fuck YES. I loved this book. It reminded me greatly of my first weird love, The Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis. Its epistolary nature, weird illustrations, letters, chicken scratch, and more created an absolutely unique reading experience. However, what we've come to know now as the 'movie portion' of the book is from Bella Baxter's husband's perspective...which is more fiction than fact, according to Bella, now, Victoria. 

It begs the questions of women's narratives, and who is allowed to tell them. It also begs the question of control, of medicine, of loving and living out of necessity or out of survival.

I'm somehow at a loss of words for this book--it was so much better than I could have imagined and brought my curiosity to new depths; it's sparked imagination like no other.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse

dyilmaz090's review

dark mysterious medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

secunda's review

adventurous challenging funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Delightfully postmodern with very funny prose most of the time. The book’s heartfelt yet satirical take on poverty and gender politics is quite enjoyable. The last chapter in particular makes it worth reading even if you’ve already seen the movie. It gives the novel a very different narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexism, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Racism, Misogyny, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

marylouh's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

helenstratton's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I think this book has reignited a love of literature I had misplaced for over a decade.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Sexual content, Body horror, and Pregnancy

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, War, Suicide, Classism, and Death of parent

lvleggett's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexism, Misogyny, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Child death

Minor: Violence, Gun violence, and Alcohol

nathiddles_106's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexism, Body horror, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Suicide