Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

29 reviews

kristiniad's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

meanbeanreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

ethrbo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Racial slurs

readerette's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This book is pretty immersive, and despite the heavy use of phonically-spelled dialogue, it was a smooth read. It was easy to feel empathy for the families who had to do what they could to escape the Dust Bowl. 

The ending really threw me. I get perhaps an allegory of giving life to something dying but not dead yet, and a continuation of the book theme of these traveling families sharing what they had even when they truly had nothing by most measures, but the specifics are activating my sense of wrongness, for sure. Perhaps mostly because I wonder if a non-male author would have chosen the same action to convey the intended message. 

Much too long. Every other chapter is more about broader societal conditions or other families besides the Joads, and I skimmed most of that without feeling like I missed much. People who like lots of detail will probably enjoy reading more closely. I definitely gathered some interesting context from the "extra" chapters, but I didn't need as much as there was. 

This story has aged less poorly than other classics I've read, though it's also not that old. Period-typical racism and sexism, including use of the n-word and mention of domestic abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Terminal illness, Murder, and Alcohol

mondovertigo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racial slurs

emilymhb's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

kaitoro_walker13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, and Racial slurs

arszania's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Xenophobia, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

tilda_002's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

larseneiii's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

2.0

....why the fuck did it end like that....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Genocide, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt