Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Book Club by C.J. Cooper

4 reviews

kateea7536's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

This was a gripping book and I was able to read it really quickly. It was tense and I always wanted to read on. Alice, one of the main characters, was extremely creepy and I think the writing was effective to make me feel so creeped out by her. However, I felt that there was so much coincidence in the book and things always worked out for Alice, it was often very unbelievable. Some of the detail in the writing felt unnecessary and cliched. I don’t think a lot of the writing style was for me but it was an ‘easy read’ and the plot did have twists and turns and I liked the exploration of the side characters’ trauma and in some cases wrongdoing. But the fact the characters were meant to be a group of friends wasn’t that believable because they didn’t seem to talk to each other about the glaringly obvious issues that were happening. I would’ve liked to have seen the friend group be tighter knit and more believable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment and Injury/Injury detail

ahoward94's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

emmasrambles's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol