Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

63 reviews

harmonygracie's review against another edition

informative 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Cursing

Minor: Death and Suicide

mmbc's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

I didn’t expect to be so completely engrossed in the lives of these four girls. I enjoyed learning about Korean culture and society and the pressures put on women (and men), while deeply relating to these girls and their experience navigating young adulthood. The author elegantly weaves together 4 lives, which could have come off as predictable or trite but I found poetic. The topics in this book are heavy, the frustration at the futility of life is real, but there is enough hope and joy and friendship to make this a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Body shaming

Minor: Abortion

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

It has a great commentary on beauty standards and gender politics for women in South Korea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body shaming, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Grief, Police brutality, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Bullying, Death, and Drug use

If surgery makes you queasy, be prepared for some stomach-turning scenes, and whorephobia is something to watch out for as well.

helliepad's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

3.75

The story is so short but it's like buying an assortment of donuts in one donut box. You get to enjoy all of them even if you wanted more. I am also very fond of the theme that it's women looking out for other women in this world. We have each other's faces, etc.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Abandonment, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: Classism, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Grief

runawry's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Bullying, Trafficking, Drug use, and Body shaming

pvid's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

Graphic: Body shaming, Suicide, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Classism, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Domestic abuse

leah_j's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

some parts of this book i absolutely loved and other parts i wasn’t so keen on. it felt both too long and too short, and the ending felt so sudden and vague to me.

however, i will say it was an interesting read and the characters, flawed as they were, were entertaining and i found myself somehow rooting for all of these women.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Misogyny

bluejayreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

Literary and contemporary are two genres I don't often enjoy, but I very much enjoyed this book. Not so much that it was entertaining, but more like it was a door showing me modern South Korea and the concerns of women there. Each of the four protagonists had her own worries, her own dreams, her own history, and her own way of coping with the challenges of South Korean life, from the brutal economy to the female beauty obsession to the tension between personal desires and traditional values. It's dark and it's sad and it doesn't wrap up neatly - real life never does, either - but it's engrossing and emotional and ultimately finds hope in the power of female friendships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Medical content, and Ableism

Minor: Violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Sex work, medical content (voluntary surgery and recovery from it)

lil_owl_reads's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Abandonment, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

hdenizaygun's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

The ending was a bit abrupt but maybe I thought that because I wished the book to go on forever! I loved!! the characters and would read other books by Frances Cha, most definitely. Highly recommend if you want a glimpse into life in Korea from the eyes of many different women.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship

Minor: Violence and Pregnancy