Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum

2 reviews

muchthatisfair's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really liked this book - it was well written and the story was interesting - but I had a hard time buying into the 11th hour revelation about it being a time loop and the solution being Anna speaking to her mom. It was certainly a theme running through the novel, but it felt a little more subterranean than anything else, and so the fact of it being THE thing that would break them out of the time loop strained credulity a little for me. It was a neat way to wrap up the novel, but felt like a bit of a reach for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy

frenandjen's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, Sexism, Alcohol, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual content, Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War