Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Angelika Frankenstein Makes her Match: Sexy and quirky - the unmissable read from the author of TikTok-hit The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

12 reviews

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Quite possibly the strangest, most whimsical historical Rom-Com I’ve ever read, I loved every second of it! 

Definitely different from Sally Thorn’s other work but if you love a quirky, eccentric and confident FMCs then you’ll absolutely love Angelika. The romance was actually rather sweet (once you get past the whole raising a man from the dead after shopping for body parts at the morgue), I also loved the way consent was handled when it came to their relationship  —this might just be my all time fave reimagining of Frankenstein. 

It’s is fairly lighthearted but given subject material, I’d still suggest checking TW/CWs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

miranda_is_reading's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

1.75

I was excited to read this to get back into reading. But, I was pretty let down. I debated many time stopping the book, but decided to push through. Sally Thorne isn’t the best writer, but this is hands down my least favorite book of hers. The story is weird and the more you think about it it’s pretty disgusting as well. The amount of times it refers to the corpses penis is also very odd, Sally is a freak and has let it be know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Blood

rockyroadbutch's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Stalking, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Medical content

beepbeep101's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Religious bigotry, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Stalking

sadiejericho's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Love Sally Thorne. This was a big swing for the fences and I really appreciate authors who take risks. Rarely while reading romance am I unsure of how things will turn out. I wasn’t really able to connect with the main characters enough to feel the usual investment in their love story, but the plot had enough going for it and there were enough entertaining side characters to keep me invested. Not for everyone and if you’re a usual Sally reader it’s not like anything she’s done before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, and Pregnancy

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I have this ongoing problem with Sally Thorne books where there's so much dialogue that I can't actually keep track of where the characters are and what's going on in the scene. It worked in The Hating Game, but both this and 99 Percent Mine I kept losing track of what was going on at any giving time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

The premise was definitely interesting, but the execution, not as much. Sally Thorne of one of the booktok famous authors with The Hating Game and thought maybe this newest book will be good. Haven't read The Hating Game, but if the writing style is similar, my ambivalence towards booktok recommendations is affirmed once again.

Characters improved a bit towards the end, but Will's sudden change of heart did not make sense to me. The characters felt flat for at least 65% of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Car accident, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Infertility, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

samchase112's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Such a delightfully fun, silly, gothic adaptation that accomplished exactly what it set out to do! If you went into this book expecting a modern rom-com with all the usual tropes and themes, Angelika Frankenstein would surely be a disappointment. Instead, it's a wacky fan fiction that loves poking fun at itself, while exploring big themes of religion, confidence, and wealth in interesting ways. My only complaint is the picture-perfect ending, especially the romance's conclusion; although the insinuation of Mary Shelley's famous tale was a silver lining. This novel is certainly something different, but the book knows it — and I love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault