Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland

7 reviews

vireogirl's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.75

Picked it up from the new shelf at the library. It follows 4 different people affected by the theater fire. The dilemmas felt very realistic. The history was interesting. The drama was riveting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

royalwaves's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

I’m kind of wondering if I’m heading into a slump or if it was just the book. At 41% of the way in I mostly felt meh about the book. I didn’t really care for any of the characters either. And after finishing it I’m glad that I didn’t purchase this like I’ve been thinking about doing since April. 

This was the first time I had heard of the fire and it’s clear that the author did quite a bit of research on it. If this book interest you I would still give this a read as I think it’s more of a me thing.

This made me want to go back down the rabbit hole of researching the 1800s and reading books set in that time period after this though. Not so much because of the story but because of the fire and realising how little I know about that time period.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child death, and Incest

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, and Pregnancy

brynpemery's review

emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

Totally entertaining but some of the characters lacked nuance for me. And given that they were largely based on real people, the girlbossification of a few of them rubbed me the wrong way. Very 2023 sensibilities for people living in the South in 1811. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Pregnancy, Rape, Medical content, and Antisemitism

mermaidsherbet's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Slavery, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Vomit, and War

allapaz's review

fast-paced

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

3.75

this was a solid read, definitely did the job keeping me hooked and telling the story of a specific place and point in time with a lot of heart and deep characterization. could have wrapped up some of the stories in a more satisfying way, was definitely left wanting more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Abortion, Blood, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Child death, Death, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Body horror, Vomit, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Slavery

jessreadreceipts's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Slavery, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Sexual violence, and Death

Minor: Child death, Classism, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Incest, Stalking, Abortion, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Infertility

amandas_bookshelf's review

emotional informative reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Racism, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pregnancy