Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

38 reviews

books4bee's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death of parent, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Cancer, Drug use, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Cursing

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

What a beautiful story and it's told in such an interesting way. It's multiple narrators and part of the fun for me was figuring out who was speaking at the start of each chapter. It's also not linear. I enjoyed that but realize it's not for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual content, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

jmcampbell57's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use

parton4proletariat's review against another edition

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

5.0

heart-wrenchingly beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Death, and Pregnancy

ryanichole's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Genocide, Hate crime, and Murder

plantybooklover's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

There was a lot of good in this book, but it just did not come together for me in the end. 
    In Red at the Bone we explore the relationships and the journey built around Melody, a child of a teen pregnancy.  Unlike many teen pregnancies, Melody is born into a well to do family that has many resources to help her, and her parents succeed.  The story begins at Melody's Coming out celebration when she is 16- the same age her mother was when she was born. The author moves between different points of view- Melody, her grandparents, and her parents. The coming out celebration is a great vehicle for the adults, and Melody to indulge in memories of her short life, explaining how things came to be the way that they were between Melody and the adults who care for her.  The author is able to tell the entire story of how this child came into existence through the memories of these adults - while exploring the effects of this pregnancy on all the people, both positive and negative. 
This book was well written and has some excellent thought provoking moments, I just couldn't quite get myself immersed in it, possibly because it is very short, and also possibly because I listened to it on audio book, and they used several different people to "play" each character which I found a little unsettling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

katelbr's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

katemolony's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, and Cancer

libraryghost's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Racism, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, and Child death

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse