Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

25 reviews

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

atelopxobia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

batcaves'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

adrienneturner's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Many things in this book didn't age well--the love story just left me asking "why?" and the portrayal of an intellectually disabled character just reads as insulting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

veronicatabor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer and Pregnancy

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

yggie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

The last few months I’ve mostly been reading sweet, silly, easy books, and I didn’t realize I had actually missed slow, meandering, thoughtful prose. This was so well written, that even if it made me wildly uncomfortable, I still wanted to read on. My goodness, what an intense book. 

I thought Maxim was a dick, and he should not have married our nameless heroine. There, I said it. My heart ached for her most of the time, and he deliberately let her suffer because he adored the lost, helpless look on her face. When she finally had to find her own strength because of the shit he pulled, he had the nerve to tell her she lost that endearing quality he had loved so much. Not cool, Maxim, not cool.

To be honest, not a great choice to read if you’re rather depressed and painfully eager to please the people around you, unless you’re in therapy and really up for some serious practice.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

loxeletters's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury