1.99k reviews for:

Motherhood

Sheila Heti

3.69 AVERAGE

tinyflame4's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

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I found the meandering progression unbearably dull and couldn’t empathize with the narrator. 

pricklybriar's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

sprainedbrain's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emilychau's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective 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

madelinemadeline's review against another edition

4.5

reflective medium-paced

thrivingtansies's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

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I started it as an audio book and I think I might like it better in a different format

mirandaosmelak's review against another edition

5.0

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a beautifully written book with a haunting and haunted main character. It's deep and tender and insightful, and at the end of it I felt like all was said. I don't necessarily think the ending was of a happy variety*, but it was satisfying.
*Which maybe just exposes my bias. But in my opinion someone who truly doesn't want children wouldn't be as haunted by the question as the MC was. And I didn't really get to understand MC's partner much, but my suspicion from the snippes that were shown is that he's not particularly supportive.

obviouschild96's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

toddattwood's review against another edition

3.75

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

sophia_reynolds's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

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Found the narrator annoying