Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult

4 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

What a very sad saga. Hated the ending. Hated the plaintiff attorney's backstory. Hated the second person narrative. All that out of the way, thought the topic of ableism was delicately handled. We need more stories addressing ableism. Most of us suffer from this bias unconsciously. We need more of these stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Ableism, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Rape

bookworm247's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Infertility

jani_mcgonagall's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Self harm, Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, and Alcohol

digthewarmth's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-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

5.0

Beautiful look into multiple POVs of a family and friends in how they cope with raising a child with a severe physical disability, and how they deal with a moral dilemma. It greatly makes you reflect on the question How do you define a life that's worth living?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy