Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

9 reviews

dorians_library's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

ngb1980's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Pregnancy

mal_reads_books's review against another edition

Marking as DNF even though I skipped to the end, which I hated (namely

Zelda’s decision and the “Four Friends” thing

).

I like cooking competitions and culinary history, and I thought the premise sounded fun. The story turned out to be boring, overly sappy and sentimental.

The characters were stereotypical and  one-note. I didn’t care for any of them. The writing left much to be desired and felt juvenile, but like for older ladies at the same time. If you love Hallmark movies, you’ll probably like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Pregnancy, and War

mlottermoser's review

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, and War

Minor: Death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

shadymist's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.25

An enjoyable read. 4 young ladies based in WW2 who enter a competition to become a TV host. Four determined young ladies who don't stop for nothing to live a better life. A beautiful tale of friendship and what a real family should mean.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Pregnancy

hullomoon's review

4.5

I love how the focus is on female friendship and found family. The rotating POVs helped bring different perspectives and show the interpersonal relationships stretch and grow. I also enjoyed learning more about British rationing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity

livvyla14's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book! As the book progresses you find yourself loving all the characters! The story line was super interesting, and accurate account of women’s lives during the war. The book also includes all the recipes they cook throughout the book as well, which I thought was an amazing touch! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Pregnancy, Classism, Death, War, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

em8ly's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

Superb, wonderful read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content, Death, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Pregnancy, War, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

linesiunderline's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

I couldn’t NOT have read this book. Historical fiction, set in England, a baking contest? It was destined to happen.

Unfortunately it was not destined to be very memorable.

Here’s what worked:
• the baking contest and the writing around food was entertaining and evocative
• the female friendships were warm and pretty complex overall (while some aspects of how the women came together felt forced and coincidental, in the end, I liked the dynamic) 
• the level of historical detail was satisfying - I feel like the author did a lot of research to bring readers a true sense of cooking during this period of rationing and scarcity 

Howevers:
• It was overwrought and saccharine in places - like melodramatic in a cheesy way that punctured the believability
• There were a bunch of male characters who felt like caricatures, who seemed to be put into the story mostly to create tension and instant drama
• It was too tidily resolved

I wanted to love this, because I so enjoyed the author’s earlier book (Chilbury Ladies Choir). Sadly, it was a disappointment for me. It might work for someone in the mood for a straightforward, gentle, everything-works-out reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, War, Sexual content, and Racism