Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

105 reviews

windowplant's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

Fun premise, kinda slow. Not much romantic tension

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

musicmagician823's review

lighthearted reflective 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: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

siennakt30's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Car accident, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

jennylo's review

hopeful relaxing medium-paced

2.5

The book was very easy to read, and I kept finding myself wanting to pick it up and finish it, but I can't exactly say I enjoyed it. It was a bit... meh. 
It's interesting to have the 2 parallel stories play out side by side, where Hannah is coming to the same conclusions in both universes is well written (same conclusion but slight difference in explaination), but the approach to some topics really annoyed me. There were some parts that felt fat shamey (would you still love me if I gained 400lbs?) and

Spoiler

her finding out she's pregnant and an abortion not being a thought until several chapters later

didn't make sense to me with Hannah questioning where she is in life. 
It was very readable, but some parts definitely gave me the ick and tarnished the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

gracedunne's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

Minor: Grief, Fatphobia, and Abortion

lindsayvale's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Car accident

Moderate: Infidelity

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

I guess the point is that both realities can be happening concurrently but that really stretches the boundaries of my brain function. I found myself liking one version of the story more than the other but not really loving the outcomes of either. This is not, imo, TJR’s best novel. It was cute, interesting, heart-wrenching but ultimately, just okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Stalking, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Ableism, Car accident, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

amycam's review

hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

dare2dream's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Car accident, and Pregnancy