Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite

11 reviews

isabellao_x's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I just love oyinkan Braithwaite she's great. I've loved everything of hers I've read so far.
This was only a tiny book but fit so much in. Like a plot and proper characters and everything. The characters are written in a way that makes them all so unsettling. Idk how the author does it but she's a genius. The characters felt real and unreal all at once, very creepy and unnerving. 
She always writes at the perfect pace for me too. Good size chapters, can read lots in one sitting without getting bored or tired. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, and Gaslighting

prince_philips_butthole's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexism, Pregnancy, Drug use, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Blood, Animal death, and Death

fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

4.0

No, but why was this so entertaining? 😂😂. I mean, all the characters had trash personalities (especially the men) and there was Arsenal slander(uncalled for), but I still had such a fun time reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

callmeleonie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

malenhar's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Bambi finds himself in quite the situation. After being kicked out of his girlfriends house for cheating he is forced to move in with his late uncles wife, misteress and a baby. The problem, both women claim the baby is theirs. 

I'm not sure how Oyinkan Btaithwaite conveys such a complex story is only 100 pages. She is fantastic at character and plot development and keeps this moving at a rapid pace. Although the book is wrapped up in that short time period I am always wanting more. 

This was a quick, mysterious and disturbing read. Btaithwaite writes in a realistic and humourous way but you still feel genuine terror at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

elke_go_read's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Short and interesting, but nowhere near the brilliance of her first book My Sister the Serial Killer.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Blood and Animal death

tempus_edax_rerum's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Blood and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage

catandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Blood

readingwithkt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Infertility

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Excrement and Pregnancy

anna_23's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny

Minor: Blood