Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

73 reviews

themis_biblos's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Even people who exude light and happiness have dark secrets. Sometimes, the lie becomes so entrenched it becomes the truth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Abandonment

nekobyyc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jayjaymc's review against another edition

emotional slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

samgray's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I teared up when Ruthie told her mom about losing Sarah 😭 very emotional. Makes me want to research more about Amanda Peters and know what parts of her world intersect with her fiction 🧡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Racism, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

scramuel058's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Genocide and Forced institutionalization

tommelisesofia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Dementia, and Pregnancy

drozcl's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

kaceymarie13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

This book was well-written; I enjoyed the prose very much. This wasn't a perfect story, but I can't quite put my finger on why. I guess I wasn't sure why the Joseph character was chosen as the male perspective for the story other than he was the last person to see Ruthie and he had some serious issues that were interesting to delve into. I hated Norma's family and wish I knew more about Ruthie and Joe's family. 

I liked this book but didn't love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

holy_crepe_'s review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism