Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

235 reviews

nissa_nissa's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Pregnancy

wiiicked_witch's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Religious bigotry

verilyviridian's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Just gutting. A poetically-delivered story of deep-seated self-loathing in Black children and adults. Internalized racism and colorism; others showing little to no tenderness for the destruction of a little Black girl’s life. 

The callousness shown to Pecola in this book by all but Claudia and Frieda is so heartbreaking I almost can’t fathom it. Morrison gives you so many threads here, so many contextual insights into the characters’ displaced self-hatred. I’m thinking a lot about how Pecola shows tenderness to animals shortly before others show them cruelty.

This book was a lot to hold and I’m glad that I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Misogyny, Excrement

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy

lrnpoulin's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape

Minor: Pregnancy

neitjie06's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism

eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad 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

Graphic: Incest, Racism, Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Pregnancy

mreisen's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Was very unprepared for the amount of child & animal abuse - this was a tough read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism

melaniecoffman's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Another excellent book by Morrison. Other people here said it best when they said her writing is like a masterful surgeon. Morrison doesn’t fuck around! she makes characters flawed in a way that makes you hate their behavior and feel empathy for the pain they’ve endured. she zooms in and out to help the reader understand societal thinking produced from this little life. Do not turn away just because it’s at times hard to read. You will thank yourself!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Pregnancy

rosie_valadez's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racism, Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy

emmamady's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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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I don't even know where to begin. A masterpiece of a novel, beautiful prose, but the content makes this one of if not the hardest books I've ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy