Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan

27 reviews

harveyisitt's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

simply_fran's review

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Vomit, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

juliaseculture's review

4.0

The rythm of this book is brilliant. A short book about the small little things that might be bigger than anything else.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy and Religious bigotry

w33nr's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

alisonannk's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Slavery, Sexism, Kidnapping, Vomit, Torture, Excrement, Cancer, Physical abuse, Classism, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

amselot's review

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

mary_juleyre's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Child death, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Kidnapping

lou_o_donnell's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Excrement, Cancer, and Grief

lianne_rooney's review

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy