Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

70 reviews

soggycedar's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Maybe I didn’t give it enough focus. I don’t tend to like stories with few characters, and more description than action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

imoran's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexism and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Slavery, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kt_schutte's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

shaleen64's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book beautifully explores what it means to have humanity, and the heartbreaking results that come from prejudice and ‘turning a blind eye’.

There are many themes explored and emotions evoked in so few pages. A book worthy of a anyone’s time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death and Death of parent

savvylit's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Small Things Like These is a perfect literary novella. The length? Excellent. The imagery and characters? Rich and cinematic. The setting is almost instantly a fully fleshed out world. I felt like I'd personally taken a time machine to 1980s Ireland to observe the events that take place.

Ultimately, this short tale packs quite a heavy punch. Based on real history, Small Things Like These unveils the cruel reality - and open secret - of Magdalene Laundries and the ways that they punished and imprisoned young, unwed mothers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

bellsdixon's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

the_clueless_tourist's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

dkropp1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

_brooke___'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Compelling read set in Ireland in the 80s. Completely fictional but based on true stories of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy

witte_jasmijn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Abandonment