Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Metamorphoses by Ovid

5 reviews

melsage1823's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Suicide

jadmers's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.25

It's pretty clear that this was, in fact, a draft of Ovid's. It has some interesting points though, and I wouldn't say it WASN'T worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

counterfeitnickel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Intense, evocative, and haunting. I’ll be returning to certain passages for years to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and War

ambdocksey22's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

13octopus's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Dementia, and Colonisation