Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid

8 reviews

turnthepages_nl's review against another edition

De disability rep stond me enorm tegen. Het zwabbert alle kanten op.
Ik heb de laatste hoofdstukken even gelezen en mijn vermoedens werden bevestigd...

ze hebben PIV seks, hij kan een stijve krijgen én klaarkomen. Ookal werd eerder brweerd dat hij dat niet kon na zijn ongeluk. En Katherine raakt zelfs zwanger. *zucht*

Maar waar ik vooral op afknapte is de scene dat de koets in het water reed en de hertog haar, zijn personeel én de paarden uit het water wist te halen. Terwijl hij chronische pijn en stijfheid heeft in zijn bene  en net een heel aantal uur heeft paardgereden dus zijn lichaam al bekaf is.
Vervolgens tilt hij de man op zijn schouders en loopt zo het bos in. Terwijl hij meestal met een stok moet lopen...
Dit was allemaal zo onrealistisch en gemakkelijk. Daarna even kort noemen dat hij pijn heeft en verder niks?! Nee sorry dan knap ik echt af. Heel jammer dit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

cepbreed's review

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

The first half of this book give or take had me in a chokehold. I loved Kitty's brash actions, her devotion to her family, but I also had many complaints. There was a lot of unnecessary exposition, like, I get it's the first book in a series but all the descriptions of her friends felt out of place. It was weird to mention so many names when readers would have absolutely no recall when they were mentioned again. I was like "who tf is Ophelia?" Also the duke's personality in the beginning felt so far removed from who he was at the end, not even, at the 3/4 mark. I understand he is hurt and too prideful to allow others to perceive his hurt or even help him, but how did that manifest so differently so quickly? Character development is a thing, but the key word here is development, which Alexander was evidently lacking. His indecisiveness was so frustrating, I did really end up liking Kitty though. She embarrassed me a bit, but she felt like a friend almost. At the end of the day this is a histrom so I can't expect something revolutionary, but somethings really ruined the reading experience, the immersion, for me.

...(I get it was supposed to be an unexpected moment but him literally collapsing mid stroke???? I was so cringed out I had to detox on TikTok for a couple minutes).

Song:

• cowboy like me - Taylor Swift 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

chrisljm's review against another edition

emotional relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Colonisation, Ableism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Alcohol, Infertility, and Medical content

Minor: Grief, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

ellie_murdock's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexism

alice_gibson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

cup_of_rosie's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a good easy read, i wished there would be more though as I usually do with these types of books. It was a very good retelling of beauty and the beast, and I enjoyed their romance and the disability representation. Overall good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Pregnancy and Medical content

iisa's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Pregnancy