Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Emma by Jane Austen

24 reviews

tiaroseshang's review against another edition

5.0

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy

moriahleigh's review against another edition

3.75

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This one dragged on a bit to really hammer the point home.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism

emilywemily6's review against another edition

4.0

challenging funny hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I love this book and every rendition of it that I’ve ever seen, but it was SO SLOW. This time period and Jane Austen in general writes in a really dense way. I like the humanly imperfect characters and there are a lot of funny moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

cleotheo's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Death of parent, Alcohol

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Classism

Moderate: Death, Grief, Pregnancy

theabee's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I want to like it. it’s so full of trivialities between genuinely interesting moments that I struggled so hard to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy

emmi_lee's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Classism

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Death, Pregnancy

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Classism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Pregnancy

mickymouse_007's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was definitely interesting. There is so many layers to the books and hidden meanings behind all the dialogues and the language. Have trust issues because of this book as nobody's pov is reliable (especially not Emma's while Mr. Knightly is comparatively more accurate) 
"everything is not what it seems" could have been part of the movie's music playlist but make in 1800's 
This was a fun read. Compared to P&P, it was definitely more comical and the writing style was a bit different but still enjoyable to say at the very least. 
I loved the character development in this book and also character analysis. And I loved how they did a deep dive into the character of the side characters like Miss. Bates, Jane Fairfax, Harriet, Mrs. Elton, John Knightly and so on whom would have otherwise been completely ignored and how these people and their lives and their personality shape Emma to be who she is and also shapes her alteration.
Speaking of the devil, did I like Emma? Surprisingly, I did and didn't at the same time. I found her to be a very humane character who has flaws and makes mistakes (loads of them in fact) but she still has a lot more learning though. 
Final thoughts: loved it. Definitely will reread it just to understand the hints on

frank churchill's and jane fairfax's relationship

and also understand the themes more. Definitely recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy