Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

25 reviews

elliebasta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage

jeanned_arc's review against another edition

slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, War, Violence, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deportation, Ableism, and Abortion

callysutherland's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Rape

amymegan27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Colonisation, Sexism, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Death, Hate crime, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Slavery, Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Racism, and Rape

jeslis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense 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

Notes:
- New favourite book of all time right here!!!!
- This book is so long so quick favs: America circa Civil War setting, Rhett Butler is a hilarious and such an exciting character (he's my fav), exploration of how war and general contexts can change people, how sometimes people don't change in the way you want them to (Rhett viewing Scarlett, Scarlett viewing Ashley)

and how Rhett and Scarlett just missed each other time-wise with their loving the other.

- Writing style was amazing! It flowed so well and was really captivating and I think it speaks to her writing ability as to how deeply impacted I was by the atmosphere she can create in this book

(eg. Scarlett's panic when the Yankees invaded Atlanta, the harrowing trek back to Tara, etc.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Miscarriage and Child death

Minor: Child abuse

lemonflower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

This is a tough one. The story is so good but the racism, misogyny, and romanticism of slavery is so strong. Every praise you’ve heard of this book is true, and every criticism is equally, if not more, true. In the end, I’m giving it a good rating because I rate them based on how engaged I was and emotionally invested, and that was a lot…. But yeah. It’s a tough one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Abortion, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Pregnancy, Rape, Ableism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

lamnhi's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, War, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Miscarriage

magellen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Obviously whitewashing and romanticism of the south is horribly at play in this novel to an extent that even as someone who grew up in the south like good God. Reminds me of my childhood x10 and yet also of right now with our political climate. I'm surprised we haven't had a rework of this with Maga shit frankly bc Jesus are the characters so easily imaginable in modern roles of picking the *just* side that is inherently cruel/wrong. 

I can see why this book blew up in 1936 bc the prose and internalization of Scarlett keep you on the hook to see what else could possibly go wrong. She is THAT bitch the whole book, and it is hilarious on numerous occasions to watch the suffering play out. 

That said. Rhett. My poor boy. 

Anyway if you take this on, take on a nonsympathetic  historical account of the civil war too, and of slavery, to wash Mitchell's propaganda back out of your brain. Godspeed and be prepared for your skin to crawl with the racist bullshit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Death, Toxic relationship, Child death, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Slavery, and War

tbwhite23's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Child death, War, Grief, Racism, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse