Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

101 reviews

ksuazo94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, and Police brutality

beriboo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Biphobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Racism, Cancer, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Terminal illness, and Grief

rockshaw22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, and Death of parent

jessalex610's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Pregnancy, more accurately: traumatic pregnancy with traumatic aftermath

rlinnyc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Murder, Rape, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

emmehooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

I liked this so much more than I anticipated! Great writing, especially for a debut novel, nuanced characters, and a very interesting and meaningful story. Major themes of sacrifice, love, guilt/grief, community, and searching for a greater good

My only complaint is that sometimes the transition between characters in chapters was confusing and took a few rereads to settle into the new POV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Classism, Murder, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide attempt

mcchristofoletti's review against another edition

emotional relaxing slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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

I loved this book.  It had some of my favorite elements:  dual time lines, interesting history, flawed people.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Addiction, Grief, Racism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Biphobia, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Biphobia, Rape, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

kaseybereading's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexism, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Rape