Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Switch by Beth O'Leary

26 reviews

maggies's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I might just be bitter because I had high hopes for this book, but it fell very short compared to The Flatshare, which I found clever and touching and true to life. The Switch, while the premise is promising, felt flat, two-dimensional. I struggled to connect with most of the characters, couldn't get a grip on their personalities and motivations, and ultimately really disliked the moral of the story, which boiled down to

"meddling is good."

The HEA was as satisfying as I could expect, given all the above.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Infidelity

eligru's review

adventurous funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Death, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity and Pregnancy

doodeedoda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Really cute book. Loved the grandmother's storyline way more, but had small town Hallmark feel, but with a lot more depth. Recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Gaslighting

martapsalvado's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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? N/A

4.25

This book is pretty much everything I wanted it to be. Romance plays an important role, but it's even more about family and friendship, and how those support systems can help you finding yourself. It's sweet and lighthearted without being boring. The characters are very well developed and loveable, it's impossible not to form an attachment and root for them. I found the story engaging and it leaves the reader with a simple but beautiful message in the end. It's probably not a book that will change your life drastically or shift in your seat, but it's a fun and wholesome read and sometimes that's just what you need.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Medical content

tessanie's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy

greatestheights's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

A lovely exploration of grief, family, and self-care. So sweet, but so real. The relationships and different kinds of love highlighted throughout this story are ones you don't often read about —  a grandmother and granddaughter's bond,  elderly friendship and loneliness, elderly dating and romance, grieving as a family, and more. I loved this little gem.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this story. I feel fiercely protective of almost every character (except Tod of course but we saw that coming...) and I want to run away to a small English town!! 

While this book definitely deals with some very heavy topics, there were some fantastic moments that made me laugh out loud to go along with the ones that made me tear up!
I also loved that this explored sonmany different kinds of relationships - grandmother/mother/daughter, community, friendships, romantic relationships. So many stories focus on the romance but this one, the community, familial, and friend relationships were even more integral and important and I really loved that. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

beca_reads's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

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

3.5

This book tells the story of Leena and her Grandmother Eileen swapping lives for six weeks, both need a break and choose to bark on this adventure. We see Leena move to the countryside where her Grandmother lives, and learns to fit into village life after living and working in London. Meanwhile Eileen has moved into Leena's apartment in London with her flatmates. Eileen tries online dating and going on adventures. Both Leena and Eileen are grieving for Carla, Leena's sister. Grief is woven into the storey beautifully, and the book still remains light in nature. Such a fun read to start the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Grief

phoevincent's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness