Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood

6 reviews

fishindices's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? Yes

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

phoebees's review

challenging dark emotional 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

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual harassment

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Charlotte Wood is a magnificent writer (at least she was here. It's my first time reading her stuff idk if this tracks lol) but not a very good storyteller. If you wanna read a BOOK book and are more knowledgeable about natural/animal symbolism and how it connects to the Adult Female™️ and into other basic (white) feminism then this is a book you might enjoy more than I did. I just liked the dystopian, shut-in setting but the rest was ugly and boring and had no real culmination. Also there are parts that can be a little transphobic (tbf, I don't think the author meant it like that, it just reads that way) so beware of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

ratking's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood and Vomit

hanleest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

brooklynjane's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment