Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

159 reviews

ringkatie's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Mental illness and Pregnancy

saoreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

The story was easy to follow as it provided a background of the character's childhood to adulthood, which brought up instances that were relatable and to the notion of being a woman. While I was reading, it was really interesting and informative as the plot could flow in the same way as how manuscripts in K-dramas work from home, middle, and high school settings to college, job life, and marriage. The novel itself included statistics and references on the gender gap and dynamics when it came to the treatment of men and women. The experiences are so real that they tug at the heart. Now in the 21st century, it continues to happen. It also spoke of Korean culture when it came to senior-junior relationships at work and superstitions when it came to pregnancy, some of which I picked up from watching films. Ending the book brought about issues within society in general about women, marriage, maternity, child birth, and childcare, the aftereffects of giving up plenty of things, which makes you more aware not only of others but of yourself. It irked me how it also ended up misogynistically, whether that was intentional or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Medical content, Mental illness, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Death, and Pregnancy

livedf's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Stalking, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

marga_runa's review against another edition

reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Panic attacks/disorders

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

tori21's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-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

Graphic: Misogyny and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death

cutepatzie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing.  Must be read for everyone. Amazing story that shows the truth that our sociality is still more favorable to men than to women. That the world is bild generally more for men than women. And how hard is being a girl. Even when we made so much progress in the past 100 years, its still a long way to go for us. Definitely shelf must-have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Stalking, Misogyny, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

cosmicsapphic's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, and Misogyny

idkgaby's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Damn. Women really are born with pain built in! This should be a required reading for everyone who wants to know how a culture of misogyny permeates every single phase of any woman's life. The ending was especially eerie, too, because

I was expecting the book to end on a relatively happy note, but instead we end up with a chapter from her male therapist's point of view where his own offhand comments contributed to all the oppressive experiences Jiyoung and every women had—and has—to go through.

We are all Kim Jiyoung.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment