Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

235 reviews

peripetyy's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

elka19's review against another edition

dark

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy

tcheer4life's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A young Black girl feels ugly and thinks if she has blue eyes, she’ll be beautiful and people will love her. Dwells into her parents backgrounds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy

angelasl's review against another edition

4.5

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment

sixofnovels's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad slow-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: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pregnancy

alexelizabetht027's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional 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: Bullying, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pregnancy

alverino's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation

zacharymckay's review against another edition

5.0

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: Complicated

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This book was astonishing. The prose was absolutely magical. Toni Morrison’s writing is unmatched and inspiring. Her ability to speak so poetically is perhaps my greatest adoration. 

This book covers many topics in ways that I found to be so effective and concise, while also still being poetic and indirect. The discussions of colorism, racism, sexism, and trauma were incredibly impactful. Inter generational trauma is not something often covered in the books I read, but it was done so effectively in The Bluest Eye. 

This book is worth an endless amount of rereads and is absolutely necessary for education and people of various walks of life. 

I have never read a book quite like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This read is poignant and important, though it is not gentle. It takes on internalized and external racism, generational trauma, and the harm of lack of diverse representation in media. It's a stunning read, but review the content warnings. The end includes an excellent afterward by the author that delves into her choice to explore these themes through the lense of such a traumatic, unaverage case. I was disappointed that she chose to equate homosexuality with sexual indifference and derangement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

emililie's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Alcohol