Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

18 reviews

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Antisemitism

ashleykarime's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

I thought it had an interesting concept but the sex scenes put me off for months. When I finally continued reading, I was kind of bored. I thought the first two characters were more interesting than the last two. Klara was my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

yearofthesnk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy

jarnbooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.5

I liked this book. Not initially, I hated  the first 100 pages because of the EXPLICIT descriptions of sex but I enjoyed the character. The story of the Gold siblings makes you think about if you want to live or survive and how much time we really have to do it. Each sibling has their own story to tell that each give a different lesson in a different time period that makes them feel real. There were some character decisions that I thought were a little quick but it adds to the story in the moment. There is a character for everyone to have some relation to. Each character is so strong in their passions and it’s genuinely interesting to see how each of the siblings go about their lives and the time they have left. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Death, Child death, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, Racism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Chronic illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Stalking, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Vomit, Infertility, Homophobia, Car accident, Cancer, Bullying, Antisemitism, Abortion, Abandonment, and Gun violence

Most of these are in Simon and Klara’s parts which you can pretty much skip as the important parts are mentioned in the other parts.

jenzoospickles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

gemma7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

Really enjoyable book, especially if you like books that have a darker edge. Interesting to see how 'knowing' when the characters are going to die impacts their lives

and if the psychic was right or whether they enable her to be right.

The ending was a bit naff though, unless I am just one of those people who didn't understand it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

kutreen's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

This book, though not always engaging, makes up for it by delving into a variety of inner conflicts people may have as a result of: descending from immigrants, the religion they grew up in, their relationship with their siblings and other relatives, their role in current social/political events, and their approach to love and life. I admired how Benjamin was able to tackle so many different issues, and in four wildly different characters on top of that. The natural problem that arises for the reader is that they will likely be more interested in one of these issues and one of the main characters than the others, so reading about the other issues and characters can get tiresome. However, I personally find the way Benjamin approached the perspectives (by giving each character their own section) more enjoyable to read than the most common approach which is to give each character alternating chapters. The way Benjamin did it, you get enough time to dive into the mind of each character, understand their problems and their philosophies, and reflect on your own in relation to theirs. It might be annoying, though, when you finally become close to a character and then their section ends and you don't get to revisit their mind again. Basically, it feels like Benjamin tried to do a little too much. Finally, I feel like I didn't really get the thing I was most looking for in this book based on the blurb: how would someone change their approach to life, knowing their death date? I felt like no character took their death date seriously, except in their final moments, except for one.

Why in the world does the youngest sibling die first, the next youngest sibling die second, etc.? Isn't that way too much of a coincidence?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Genocide, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Vomit

_babysinblack's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Pregnancy