Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

41 reviews

helhas3letters's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical content, and Pregnancy

bloupibloupreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

the feminine urge to act like a feral dog 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Pregnancy

mickraine's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Confinement, Bullying, and Body horror

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, and Excrement

thebearnest's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Alcohol

traa's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-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: Death, Alcohol, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Body horror, and Drug use

Minor: Classism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Excrement, and Gaslighting

directorpurry's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy and Excrement

clare072's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-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: Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Grief, and Pregnancy

bookwormbb's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed Yoder’s writing style and the way she used different elements such as animals, gore, “dark” thoughts, and societal composure to develop this complicated MFC. She showcases how every woman is multifaceted and beneath all her layers is a person, or in this case, an “animal”, that wants to be cared for, to be heard, and to be free. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse

arieslofi's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

1 star for the interesting premise. i would have been more fulfilled had i not read this book. i would have instead read something good, something not written by someone who took a creative writing course once and applied everything their teacher loved to their debut novel. i refuse to believe this was edited. had it been so, this would have been half of its actual length, if even that.
do you wish to read this book? truly? with your very stupid heart? okay. here's what the entire book is like, repeated throughout 200+ pages, as recreated by yours truly:
She was Nightbitch and she wanted to taste blood, to run free, to feel the wind in her matted, unbrushed, unkempt hair, dirt under her fingernails. She was a dog. But she couldn't tell anyone, they'd think she was crazy. Mentally ill. They'd think these doggy games with her son were abuse, or worse. The working moms didn't get it, so perfect, perfect teeth and perfect clothes and a perfect life she too once had, now down the drain thanks to the child. She loved the child. But she hated him too. She hated her husband more. Couldn't he understand her? Wasn't she worthy of his care? It made her angry, rage bubbling from deep inside her gut, near her womb, that sad, rotten organ. And with anger, she wanted to taste blood.
Just throw in a small and very obvious G-d stand in that is still explained to you, despite how obvious it is, that in the end doesn't truly matter at all (none of this book does, really).
TL;DR: Set back feminism by its lonesome. Congrats. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Sexual content

avasadored's review

dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Electric, practically crackles. An overall sensation and a brutally honest depiction of the separation but also connection between motherhood and womanhood. A refreshing horror story with enough humor to make it digestible while also knowing when to cut back on such to explain the intensity and disturbance of certain scenes. I hope Yoder continues to write more novels in her career. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Cursing, Sexual content, and Gore

Minor: Excrement and Pregnancy