Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

29 reviews

squintyfarmer's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Grief, Death, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Drug use

Minor: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

amanda_reads89's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Grief and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, and Racism

lisasilv's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-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

2.0

In good news, this is a relatively short book that doesn’t require brain power. In bad news, the characters are meant to be hated, the plot never has any interesting twists, and the ending is kind of dumb. There’s very little growth from any of the characters, and it’s a book about snotty privileged kids. This was definitely not a favorite of mine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, and Body shaming

anafuentes's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Classism

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Colonisation

bronzel's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, and Pregnancy

aharper's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Infidelity, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

leenzreadz's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It is an easy read and you can finish in a day or over a weekend, but I'm not sure who the target audience is. If it's the 1%, more specifically old money families, as a mirror to themselves and satire on their life then so be it. Otherwise it is not very relatable and the characters were unlikable. I found it quite tone deaf even when the characters had feelings/experiences that would make them more relatable. Not a fan, unfortunately, but if folks like to escape reality and imagine having "rich problems" this is the one for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Classism, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Minor: Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

This was an entertaining read. I admit that going in i had expected something more substantive, but i think the story was well executed for what it was trying to do. i veered between sympathy and disgust for the pov characters throughout the book and thought the message the author was trying to convey was well illustrated. It didn’t get as deep into some of the issues addressed in the book as i would have liked, and the way conflict resolved themselves was not as satisfying as i would have liked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Death, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death

emma_sky's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol