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yasminao's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abandonment, Vomit, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Miscarriage
Minor: Rape
gwenswoons's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abortion, Abandonment, Grief, and Toxic relationship
readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Misogyny
Moderate: Grief, Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Excrement, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Vomit, Blood, Racism, and Miscarriage
bookicornia's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Minor: Abortion
parkyparkpark's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Pregnancy
Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Vomit, and Death
mydiverse_bookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
All i can say is brilliant!
I'm amazed how author brilliantly about much needed discussion through a gripping storyline.
She not only talks about men's lack of or ignorance about various things when it comes to sex or about how a women's body works or even about how stereotypical and misogynistic statements like women are "meant to bear it".
She also talks about--- How it boils down to what's expected of a women and how she should behave or how she should be as women; Everything is "Pre-determined" by not just society but the mother's themselves who push for it.
It also talks about motherhood, about being a parent and about a daughter understanding her own mother and wondering why did she fail all those years to really understand what she went through.
It's beautiful read! Probably my favorite short story!
Graphic: Abortion, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Transphobia
sadiaa's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Vomit
sarahsbookss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, and Pregnancy
bookishandjoyceful's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Know going into it that it dives right into some tough topics including gaslighting from a doctor during labor, postpartum anxiety, abandonment, sexism, and rape. This book was heavy and it left a weird taste in my mouth, not just because of the heavy topics, but because there was so much crammed into a short story and the way that some of these topics just seemed glanced over that it didn’t seem to give each issue its due time. This short story seemed to throw as much as it could at the wall and hope it stuck in your mind and it just didn’t sit right with this type of writing style.
Graphic: Abandonment, Sexism, and Rape
Moderate: Death and Abortion
Postpartum anxiety.elled's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Abortion, Miscarriage, Rape, Pregnancy, and Abandonment