Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

34 reviews

niia_'s review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage

perleerose's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I am simply not ok after reading this. James Baldwin writes in such a poetic style, you can’t help but continue reading on. I found it to be a very enlightening story dealing with internalized homophobia and that feelings that creates in one’s own body. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Xenophobia and Sexism

deliriah's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

gerzonvillegas's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Murder

dugfromthedirt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This took me soo many attempts to read with there being so much about both the characters and the happenings that was uncomfortable, often without reprieve, but god. The way it was all drawn out was beautiful. I wish I had the language for and practice at literary crit needed to delve into this the way I want to.

Before Giovanni's Room I was only familiar with James Baldwin's work as a political thinker/speaker, and his way with words in that context has always captured me. It's so interesting to find the same ring true in such a different place, such a different way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Misogyny, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

thecatconstellation's review

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Sexism, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, and Sexual assault

leabhar_love's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Murder and Miscarriage

pyronautphea's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual content, Murder, Biphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage

nzmerchant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Beautifully written study of a very flawed main character and his journey with internalised homophobia. The book kinda lost me at the 30% mark but once I powered through it, I simply could not put it down! Overall, a very miserable read with some rather transphobic parts (but I understand this is part of the character’s internal monologue?) and i really felt for the characters and the unfortunate fates they were met with. Hella deserves better - I gotta say that…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Violence

bookiemadi's review

emotional reflective sad 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: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Misogyny

Minor: Miscarriage