Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

58 reviews

emilyrowanstudio's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Infidelity, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcoholism

slutforhotwings's review

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

reneeandreea's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

An insane attention to detail in otherwise mundane, day-to-day life. Makes you feel like one of the characters; Frances is both relatable and flawed. You couldn’t really love any character and you couldn’t really hate any character either, which I think is a lot like real life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Classism, and Toxic friendship

eligru's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, and Self harm

Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, and Miscarriage

juliamakena's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Medical content

hjhannah_4's review against another edition

DBF at 230 pages. I really tried you guys. Not even Taylor Swift could help get me through this book. Unfortunately it is not possible to give a zero star rating. Seriously, save yourself the headache, the time, and the braincells.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Medical content, and Fatphobia

famuamu's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Grief, Infidelity, Infertility, Chronic illness, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infertility, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

ejsreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Abortion

kdscolley's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.5

Rooney's writing style is so hard for me to read, but I wanted to give it another shot. So, I chose to listen to this on audio. It was hard to see the battle Frances was going through with trauma from her history, and I found I was constantly trying to cheer her on and root for her to be more open. I think it was hard for me to read because I related to the feeling of wanting to remain closed off and not a burden to anyone else. It's easy to mask that feeling as an "independent woman" when really you're struggling inside. 

Though I could relate, and it was nice to see the relationship as normal, I think I just struggled with the way it was written

and the cheating element

. I just can't get past the frustration I have with those.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Self harm, and Pregnancy

st3llaryan06's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Classism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infertility, and Infidelity