Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Mädchen, Frau, etc. by Bernardine Evaristo

67 reviews

jayne17's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

Loved this book. Gives a great look into a multitude of black British women’s lives. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

booksjessreads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

Re-read Review
Original review is here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b91e3ed2-4f2d-4e97-8d09-b401a4ba884e

I have wanted to re-read this for such a long time, and decided to borrow the audio from my local library. Evaristo's command of words is masterful. The way the characters intertwine with each other is so clever and intricately done. The character development, the plots, just everything about this book is like nothing I have read before. I absolutely lap it up. 

From my previous review, I quoted another review I had seen about this book, mentioning the prose rhythms mimicking both dialogue and thoughts. The audio further enhanced this and the writing felt so natural and lyrical. It was beautiful. 

I will always highly recommend this book to everyone and could not hold this book in higher esteem.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

ratjoy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

Absolutely engaging stories of the lives of black women and the "othered" across Britain, wonderfully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Alcoholism and Deadnaming

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Infertility

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Dementia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Incest warning is just in case, for an affair between in-laws.

gonzogamer's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

isabezza's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Girl, Woman, Other has been on my TBR for so long and I am kicking myself for not picking it up sooner! Twelve absolutely beautiful short stories delicately woven together. This story is packed with family morals, diverse friendships, dramatic narrative arcs, and love! My only difficulty was the unusual structure with no punctuation making the reading a challenge initially, but I would recommend with a passion once I was over that hurdle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

imaginaryisobel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Found the chapter structures a little weird at times. Not sure if this was due to it being an audiobook but it felt like it cut off at awkward points/chapters abruptly ended. Felt most of the stories wrapped up pretty well but there were a couple of stragglers, namely LaTisha and winsome who were kinda missed in the ending. Overall an engaging read and some really interesting stories. The only really weak one for me was Yazz's story but the rest were fab.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Classism

uncreativeoops's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Alcohol

emily_galloway's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was incredible. I love the authors writing style, read almost like poetry at points. I was hooked and loved how each story had some link to another, intertwining these women in small ways. 

This story is so smart. Incredible. 

I cried a few times throughout and would recommend reading trigger warnings however. It's pretty intense in parts. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism