Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Being Mary Bennet by JC Peterson

4 reviews

imlaurenshelton's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

I didn’t expect this to be a tearjerker. There are so many lovely aspects of the plot of this book and that makes it all the more worthwhile of a read. I truthfully only picked this one up because I saw it said Mary Bennet & was like “isn’t that the sister everyone forgets about?” I love how we just get thrown into the story and the protagonist really sets up the viewpoint of everyone nicely. As she changes so does how you view everyone, which I thought was nice. Beyond that, the story between the sisters, friendships, and love interests were all truly enthralling. It’s not often I am pausing the book to react to something that happened but I did it quite often during this read. I also just found out it’s a series so I will be looking into the other book(s).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Miscarriage, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Racism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual harassment

lunep's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Additional CWs: Manipulation, and grooming

kermjordan's review

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

I really didn’t like this book at first. I almost DNF’d in the first 50 pages. The way Marnie was written was borderline insufferable, but I think that’s what the author was going for. 

Her anxiety and literary references eventually won me over. And seeing her jealousy of her sister chip away, and seeing the family come together over a tragedy was very heartwarming. 

I don’t like how she proclaimed her love at the end for a boy she’s only known for a few months and has been on one actual date with very weird at the end to me, but whatever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Moderate: Car accident and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abandonment

therealjuliabenson's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy