Reviews tagging Pregnancy

The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett

83 reviews

savanhahope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow wow wow wow wow. This is the best book I've read in a long time! It's handmaid's tale meets lord of the flies, (and maybe a little hunger games) and everything was so well thought out. Don't even get me started on the ending because I'll cry. Needless to say, you need to read this. This book was written for women everywhere who have felt like their voices haven't been heard. Check TWs!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Grief, Classism, Confinement, Pregnancy, Murder, Death, Misogyny, Mental illness, Child death, Blood, Sexism, and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Incest and Infertility

mdefillipi's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Haunting. A unique story line with hints of “Lord of the Flies”. Every chapter was lined with intrigue and horror, it was impossible to put down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Pregnancy

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Overall, loved this one. Very lord of the flies-esque and like Wilder Girls. My only criticism is that the message is like don't let men decide the fate and everything of women (women are their own entity and should fight for freedom/equity) but a lot of the defining moments for Tierney, the main girl, is centered around men. I could've dealt without

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two men being in love with her and her falling in love with a poacher. And the fact that her love for some dude motivated her for survival. The ending was giving me "Katniss learning to love Peeta" vibes with having kids even though in the beginning the main character didn't want any domestic life. The guard thinking she was his property and being entirely unhinged was a nice surprise moment in the book for me tho

. Well written and kept me enthralled the whole time. Couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Infertility, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Vomit, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Pedophilia

sierrabedwell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book! It was very good from start to finish and I couldn’t stop listening! (Audiobook) the plot was unique - a mix between the hunger games and the handmaid’s tale - and the characters were realistic!!! There wasn’t a time when I thought that something wouldn’t actually happen in the given situation. I won’t spoil the end, but it’s not the traditional happy ending, and I liked that, because it was realistic! I also loved the political relevance of the topic and the metaphors that could be pulled from this book while reading. The ONLY thing I didn’t like, was

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that Tyranny falls in love. I liked that it was with a poacher because it showed us that side of the community, but the fact that she ended up getting pregnant, and she thought she loved him even though they only really knew each other for a few months… just didn’t sit well with me. I also didn’t like that she got cleared of the charges when she got back.

Overall, the ending was amazing. I never knew what was going to happen, and it was very smart the way that they used the Governor’s words against him to back up Tyranny’s excuse. I also liked that there was no major uprising in the end, because real change takes time, and I think the book does an amazing job at showing that. Amazing read. Would recommend to everyone!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Gore, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

taryn_g's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Body horror and Gore

jennastopreading's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I don't read a loy of dystopian, but when I do, I always think to myself, "Why don't I pick up this genre more?"

Reading THE GRACE YEAR was no different. This story was engaging, compelling. and layered. I really enjoyed Tierney's character, what she stood for, and the way the timeline unraveled. The ending had me reeling a bit, and I kind of like an unsettling ending? It won't be one I forget, that's for sure.

In a nutshell (and yes I'm rating out of 10's instead of 5's because I do what I want):

10/10 on listenability. The narrator fit the MC well, and it was so fun to listen to - you don’t have to focus super hard. 

6/10 on the storyline/writing. There were a few areas where I got bored.

8/10 on the MC. Really liked her strength and how she used her rebellious streak for good!

And 7/10 on the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Torture, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, and Pregnancy

luminareads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Body horror

Moderate: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Addiction, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, and Physical abuse

This book is heavy, very heavy and has some additional warnings not on the lists: Childbirth, starvation, slut shaming, and forced marriage.

d0505's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexism, Gore, Child death, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Stalking and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy

purplepink951's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The writing could have been better, at places it was confusing, but still held my attention throughout the whole book. The themes could have been handled better, felt a bit shallow.

It was a roller coaster of emotions. Did not expect that kind of ending. I really hoped that

Spoiler

Ryker would survive and they would live HEA, but now I'm just alive on the thought that atleast in the after life Tierney and him are happily living together. I'm choosing to think that she died, but I guess it's kind of left to interpretation or she was just hallucinating.

Either way it broke me and I'm left aching inside.

Favourite line: "Heaven is a boy in a treehouse, with cold hands and a warm heart"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Injury/injury detail and Pregnancy

Minor: Lesbophobia

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Confinement, Blood, Child death, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy