Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

What Kind of Woman: Poems by Kate Baer

4 reviews

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

I didn’t connect with this collection quite as much as the last two Baer collections I read, probably because the focus felt more on motherhood and being a wife, and I am neither. That said, still a great little book of poetry that I really enjoyed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Body shaming

amissabellator's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Hate crime, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Violence

While told often through metaphor, there is much insight into pregnancy, motherhood, and fear surrounding child death. There are also brief, metaphorical descriptions of childbirth. It is highly implied that children die in the story (

Baer describes losing a child of her own and the text possibly alludes to miscarriage/stillbirth

). There are also overall discussions of misogyny in wider society, as well as an instance of implied SA

in a poem which describes a man possibly drugging and then sleeping with a woman (consent is dubious/non-existent)

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heavenh's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

The poems were really well written, but I had trouble relating to the author's voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault

Contains a lot of poetry about motherhood.