Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

55 reviews

tenten's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

this was super sad but incredibly well-written. Baldwin was really a master. i loved the non-linear style of storytelling, the intensity and urgency, the relationships between characters, the language. idk if i'm ready to watch the movie now cus i just know i'mma be crying 😭

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Death of parent

lemenmaybe's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

meganhornex's review against another edition

challenging hopeful sad tense 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

bethvance's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse and Miscarriage

rosalind's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

Always nerve-racking to read one of your best friends’ favourite books. Fortunately I came to a similar conclusion! Man, reading this in the shadow of the George Floyd court case is heavy. But an important heaviness, a heaviness we need to feel and respond to, be motivated to do move against. Baldwin writes so lyrically and you feel the fresh heartbreak of every despondency whilst balancing the weary sadness of inevitability. And the space, the space to fill in the gaps, to confront your own feelings, like a Biblical ‘selah’. A classic and rightfully so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Minor: Death, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Death of parent