Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

21 reviews

kstericker's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Sexual assault, Rape, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Classism, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Racial slurs, and Cannibalism

bridgetwillson's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was very upsetting and hard to read at times. Overall sense of hopelessness. That being said, it was something I needed to read, and the fictional narrative made it gripping and fast paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Animal death, Physical abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Rape, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Violence

sgbray's review against another edition

funny informative reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Miscarriage

bookwyrmsam's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

3.0

I thought this book was well written and the thematic exploration was interesting, there just wasn't anything here that I think will stick with me after closing the book. I do wonder how much of that is the amount of time that has passed since publication; I was already well aware of how horrifying the meat industry in the Unites States is before reading this, it's part of why I rarely eat meat. I also wanted the discussions of domestic violence, and miscarriage to go further. Those arcs felt rushed/incomplete to me when the book came to a close.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Racism, and Miscarriage

bethnelson's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Racism, and Vomit

emmablue's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

i really thought this was gonna be my new fav :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Eating disorder, Animal death, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Infertility, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism, Infidelity, Vomit, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Cancer, Abortion, Homophobia, and Blood

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

ltam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Rape

roaming_ro's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, Abortion, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Racial slurs

dizzyinsane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

When i say this book is challenging i mean that it was sickening at certain points. it has a wonderfully developed plot written from several perspectives but mostly from the perspectives of the main two characters. it brings to light a lot of challenging truths about the meat industry. if you have issues with gore don’t read.

don’t read if you are unsettled by misscarriages and pregnancy related issues

. really good read tho i enjoyed it and it moved pretty quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse