Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

54 reviews

caidyn's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I waited so long to read this book and it was so good. Emotional and heartfelt. Complex characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape

haileyeh's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicide, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

sarabrogan's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage

mookiana's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

An engrossing read that tugs you between love and fear for the characters trapped within the clutches of the racist US carceral system and struggling to get out, literally and figuratively.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide and Police brutality

Minor: Miscarriage

biblioghoul's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

dnvrdnvr's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage and Antisemitism

amimhof's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

ktkeps's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Miscarriage

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I'm a little embarrassed that this was my first James Baldwin book, but I'm so glad that I read it. What beautiful writing and such a tragic story. I feel like it's rare that a male writer has such incredible insight into a female character, but I thought it was such an amazing story about women. I would love to write an essay about it. And how horrifying that 50 years later, the exact same story could happen today in this racist country built on stolen land.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Abandonment

tabear's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Police brutality, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage and Antisemitism