Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

5 reviews

poirot's review

medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Racism, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Death, Sexual assault, Child death, Animal death, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Body shaming, Murder, Death, Slavery, Child death, Stalking, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Grief

claudine2's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.25

I enjoyed the book, but the format was different than I was expecting.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

mtnest's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Death, Child abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Chronic illness, Drug use, Car accident, Classism, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

Muti/witchcraft, animal attacks, snakes

seanml's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

This book makes me happy. : ) 9.75/10. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence