Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

8 reviews

kaylahcc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Grief

Minor: Homophobia and Pregnancy

eamily's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, and War

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Excrement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

siobhanward's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

While I'm getting tired of authors basing their whole book on the miscommunication/secrets trope, I will admit that most of the secrets in this book are ones I could imagine someone trying to keep from their loved ones, especially over a Christmas in quarantine. However, the book was still a bit of a challenge, since it's still a frustrating trope.

The book was ok overall - I liked most of the characters and their stories, although Jesse as the American experiencing culture shock/hating the UK is a bit overdone and I got tired of him quickly. I also really did not like the ending - I'm not sure what the value was in ending the book that way. The idea of spending Christmas in quarantine with your family was interesting and eerily prescient, considering the book was published in 2017. It was an ok read, but maybe not one for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy

carlyjoann's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

katiejohns's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: War

morganperks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Francesca Hornak, you know what you did. My therapist will be hearing about this! 

The fifth star is for Sean. My man Sean did nothing wrong. The man dedicates his life to treating a deadly disease (Haag is not a real thing by the way if you're as dumb as I am and want to save yourself a google search) and this is the thanks he gets? You know what? Justice for Sean! I had to stop reading. Let me set the Scene: The book, closed. Me, pacing. My heart, beating faster than my apple watch deems appropriate. Here's the kicker, we were almost out of the woods. There were 12 pages left. 12 pages to wrap up a sweet little story about a family learning to appreciate each other. But no. I couldn't be so lucky. I need a Hallmark rom-com to cleanse my palette.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Gaslighting

carolinesbookreviews's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy and Gaslighting

ettbokland's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit