Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

63 reviews

enlamont's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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: Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Infertility

kelsielovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

gondorgirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

melissacushman's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Infertility, Cancer, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Death of parent

ktjazzy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Death

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

F*cking fantastic. Here are my thoughts on the book: All of the characters in the book >>>>> Julia

Each character was flawed in their own way and I loved them all, but Julia... baby... she wore on my nerves. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

angela_mayer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Grief

lemonysea's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer and Lesbophobia

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

A really beautiful family saga, a touching (if slow-moving) homage to LITTLE WOMEN. Humans are a messy and complicated bunch, and yet! We choose to love them and love them hard. The whole book made me want to hug my own parents and siblings tight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Minor: Lesbophobia

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful slow-paced

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

3.5

This was very much inspired, I feel, by ‘A Little Life’ by Hanya Yanagihara. Obviously there’s the Little Women inspiration added to it as well, but my comparison comes from all the pain the characters face. William felt often like Jude to me in almost every aspect (e.g. parents’ love or lack thereof, trouble with finding a perfect partner etc.) 🥲

This was a read for Book Club, and as much as I wanted to give it the 5 stars, it fell as about 3.5 out of 5 for me ✨ I felt myself getting slightly frustrated with the characters throughout, and even the beautiful language couldn’t dissuade me 🫠 

I obviously loved their love, but initially when Sylvie chose William I was shouting ‘REALLY?!’ at my screen 😂 I can’t judge because I’ve never been in love like that but still…

I’m looking forward to hearing what people have to say about this one 😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Homophobia, and Terminal illness