Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

39 reviews

pagesofkenzie's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Adult/minor relationship

rhinaissance's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a quick, beautiful and wild ride. I am so curious as to where the memoir aspect blended into fiction. What is the truth? Regardless of my curiosity, it is clear that isn't the point. 

Poetic, odd, easy to blaze through and leaves you wondering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Self harm

chrispybacon's review against another edition

dark 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

What the fuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Body shaming

Couldnt add it to the triggers bit: Infanticide and Beastiality (bruh)

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

Read for my reading around the world challenge: Canada. Very productive, but so challenging and sad. Please check content warnings, but it is a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

harkless's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

Minor: Cursing

ikomena's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Gore, and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, Incest, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, and Pregnancy

tangerinetigerlilies's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Murder, Pregnancy, Body horror, Gore, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

emory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

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

My most succinct reason for disliking this is just that it's not for me. I very much enjoyed the surrealism of the plot, but so much of the book was overshadowed by sections upon sections of what seemed to me to be trite quips trying very hard to be profound and quotable through vague generality. The sections and poems with genuine heart shone through besides, but I couldn't get past the writing, and although a goal of this book seems to be challenging notions of what is natural and sitting with that discomfort, I personally could not get past the recurring upsetting sexual imagery and motifs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Colonisation, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

A few depictions and mentions of, albeit in dreams and myth, bestiality.

nagev's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Pedophilia, Violence, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Self harm, and Murder

Minor: Chronic illness and Terminal illness