Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

101 reviews

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Racism, Sexism, Classism, Bullying, Murder, Biphobia, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Rape, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

karlymarcy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape

books_withblooms's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Addiction, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Rape

mlkai's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

enjoyed for the most part! had a large print copy which made things a lot easier & more pleasurable. 

pacing was off for me. i think it was supposed to incite mystery but i just got impatient bc i didn’t feel like much was happening. or sometimes SO MUCH happened in a page. and ALL the bows got wrapped in the end which didn’t leave enough for the imagination for me tbh. 

 i enjoyed & appreciated the integration of culture 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Pregnancy

haleysversion's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Murder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Rape, Homophobia, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Cursing, Grief, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

falltumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Biphobia, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

kshertz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

What a windy twisty story of ancestory. I really enjoyed learning all about cubby and bunny and gibs. It was heartbreaking when she had to marry little man. I enjoyed the mystery and putting it all together. I did get tired of all the nicknames and changing of names but it kept me reading nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

jedore's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Rape, Lesbophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Adult/minor relationship