Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

235 reviews

anastaziamie's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood

kubs's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy

Moderate: Death

bridgedee's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Toni Morrison is a literary powerhouse. Reading this again has reminded me why she has inspired me and my writing all these years. Her language is poetic and impactful. This is a hard read, but a worthy one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

jmatteo's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Truly shocking that this is Morrison’s novel debut. An incredible work with prose that is unmatched in deliciousness, evocativeness, and incisiveness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

linda48's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy

melist6's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

kris_hayward's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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In awe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Classism

sakisreads's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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✨ Thrifted ✨

What a harrowing story 🥺 Pecola did not deserve any of the difficulties she went through.

I am so horrified that Cholly raped her! I got incredibly choked up reading through the ‘Spring’ part 😫

I found the writing bitty and hard to get through at times, so I had to put it down every now and then. 
3.5 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy

aishakare's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism

pagesbeforesunrise's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A hard read in terms of the content warnings I tagged. I’m glad I pushed through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Pregnancy