Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

21 reviews

pbeeandj's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny and Racism

sundayfever's review

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This read much faster than I expected given how long it is. Interesting and made me reflect. The core issues around class, poverty and respect for the land are still issues today, despite the age of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Racial slurs

kristiniad's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Animal death, Murder, Child death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

meanbeanreads's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

ethrbo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs

readerette's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This book is pretty immersive, and despite the heavy use of phonically-spelled dialogue, it was a smooth read. It was easy to feel empathy for the families who had to do what they could to escape the Dust Bowl. 

The ending really threw me. I get perhaps an allegory of giving life to something dying but not dead yet, and a continuation of the book theme of these traveling families sharing what they had even when they truly had nothing by most measures, but the specifics are activating my sense of wrongness, for sure. Perhaps mostly because I wonder if a non-male author would have chosen the same action to convey the intended message. 

Much too long. Every other chapter is more about broader societal conditions or other families besides the Joads, and I skimmed most of that without feeling like I missed much. People who like lots of detail will probably enjoy reading more closely. I definitely gathered some interesting context from the "extra" chapters, but I didn't need as much as there was. 

This story has aged less poorly than other classics I've read, though it's also not that old. Period-typical racism and sexism, including use of the n-word and mention of domestic abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Violence, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

mondovertigo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Animal death, Pregnancy, Classism, Violence, Abandonment, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racial slurs

emilymhb's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

kaitoro_walker13's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Racial slurs, Child death, and Miscarriage

arszania's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Animal cruelty, and Animal death