Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

6 reviews

minche's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

i was disgusted in so many ways (other than the obvious ones), weirded out and then surprisingly left floored by the ending of this book... that is why i cannot give this book a rating for the life of me bc i have no idea how i feel about it, but it was an EXPERIENCE nontheless

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy

feralbookwife's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

A very weird book that I very much enjoyed. If you wanted to like the Midnight Library but didn’t, this is a cheeky look at the Void and what we do to cope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Grief, Infidelity, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

whiddengem's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.25

Found out there's more than one way to interpret Pisces.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide attempt

Minor: Toxic friendship and Pregnancy

Interspecies sex happens.

siriface's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Relapse, Menstruation

apaine's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent

micahp's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

This book had an interesting concept, but the overall themes and development of the main character and surrounding cast were disappointing. The main character's entire personality and experience revolved around her obsession with love, which made for a repetitive story with little development. The tragedy of the ending <death of the dog she was caring for> was sad and unnecessary to the plot. The trigger warnings of this book needs to be lengthy.  
This was disappointing to read after Broder's Milkfed, with the plot and characters needing more fleshing out and significantly more editing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Addiction, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Miscarriage