Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

24 reviews

lesbegays's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

a very slow start, but it picked up a lot in the middle. the end kind of ground to a halt for me, though. the miniaturist adds an element of magical realism throughout the novel, and at the end gets pulled back down into realism while while also not being really explained. i wish that the book had either left that very open-ended and magical or given more detail, as the middle ground really doesn’t work for me. however, this was overall an interesting glimpse at a period in history i know literally nothing about. 
i never would have read this if not for it being a book club pick, but i don’t regret it. 
MAJOR content warning for societal homophobia of the sort you would expect from a puritan nation in the 1600s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, Infidelity, Death, Animal death, Outing, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

Minor: Confinement, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Slavery, and Colonisation

esjackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Outing, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Misogyny

danikajoan's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Read this during my trip to Amsterdam and really enjoyed reading it within that setting (and gasped when I saw the cabinets at the Rijksmuseum that are so similar to the ones described in the book). I like this specific “young bride, mysterious husband (mean sister)” plot, reminds me of The Mercies and Phantom Thread and so many other stories I love. I felt like the writing here lacked a little bit of focus or direction but not enough to keep me from enjoying the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Animal death, Homophobia, Colonisation, Classism, Pregnancy, Violence, Racial slurs, Outing, Death, and Blood

nicolaparty's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Classism, Animal death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Sexism

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Pregnancy, and Outing

birdiestitching's review against another edition

Triggering content

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Excrement

thecozyrogue's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Classism, and Outing

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

ok7a's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Pregnancy

fbarros's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

A beautifully toned book with a seventeenth century Amsterdam as background.

I was a bit disappointed with the final turn of events as well as the explanation of the main plot though. I also didn't feel very connected to the characters. 

However the intigre and the background of the book made it worth my time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Murder, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Slavery, and Medical content

kavarnistka's review

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Homophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood