Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

127 reviews

bookishpixie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

allysonw_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

I have never cried as much as I have while reading this book. Like I sobbed and that doesn’t happen often when I read despite me being a pretty emotional person  As someone who has gone through depression and certain types of ideation I was amazed at how detailed Ryan was in describing what it felt like. For example there’s a certain part in the book where Yasmen describes what her day to day felt like at one point. She says “I’d wake up disappointed that I wasn’t still asleep and think, Oh, my God. I have to do this again. I have to be here again.” This is just one of many parts of the book that really hit the nail on the head of what it’s like to really be in a deep pit and feel like there’s no way out. What I love about this book is how layered it is and how it doesn’t hold back in digging into the ugly parts of life. Yasmen and Josiah are imperfect people who went through unimaginable tragedy, and I think showing the conflict in their relationship early on and leaning into the awkward parts of their life as a divorced couple helped to showcase so well the nuances of being in love and illustrate what they had to go through to come back together. This is a book that I know I’ll be re-reading for years. Ms Kennedy Ryan, you hit this one out the park.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

bunnyreads3's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Grief, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death, Infertility, Cursing, Death of parent, and Mental illness

sehenry20's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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: Grief and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Toxic relationship

shlymiller's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Death

cheypreston's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Miscarriage

meaghanisreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

hlcortez49's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Pregnancy

mariapatrickwrites's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

Before I Let Go wrecked me, made me laugh, and gave me hope.

Marriage is hard, and I think most married people will find parts of Yasmen and Josiah's love story -- and the fallout of a shitty hand they're dealt -- relatable. I've never experienced their exact traumas, but their journeys clenched my heart. Rooting for them felt like betting on devotion and commitment as a whole.

The characters in Before I Let Go were so well written, and the dialogue so on point, that they could have come to life and sat next to me and I wouldn't have bat an eye. I felt like an eavesdropper in some of the most raw and intimate moments of Yas and Josiah's lives. I felt like the fourth gal in Yas' friend group. 

That's probably the best review I could give this book: I felt. Every heartache. Every flinch. Every tear. Every joy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

gloomi_sundai's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

here i go again.. the first half was definitely better than the second, ie when the romance came into play. I think that the messages and plot points were interesting and I enjoyed seeing the family aspect of it all but I could not root for the characters to get back together at all 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Pregnancy