Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

12 reviews

siebensommer's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Deportation

Moderate: War, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, and Racism

vanesst's review

challenging hopeful fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Deportation, Racism, Rape, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.0

Oooof, what a punchy, emotional book. Prose written like poetry, tackling really tough topics with so much humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Deportation, Rape, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

voxelbee's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Alcoholism, Violence, Racism, Xenophobia, and Rape

Minor: Abandonment, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Classism, and Bullying

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Racism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

decklededgess's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

trigger warnings: injury and injury detail, animal abuse and death, sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, alcohol and alcoholism, racism and bigotry, confinement, deportation, death of parent

This book is such an important read. It's heartbreaking yet hopeful and forces you to see the struggle of immigration from the eyes of people who have to deal with public vitriol for being immigrants during a time where xenophobia was at its worst. This book focuses on the struggles of one family as they immigrate, get broken apart due to deportation and their struggle to reunite. The timeline hops all over the place as it gives context and fills you in on the questions of how, why, where, and so on.

Beautifully done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Bullying, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Racism, Hate crime, and Grief

yarelhdi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Death, and Mass/school shootings

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Violence, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction and Police brutality

caseythereader's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Police brutality, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

elliefk98's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Again, not a huge crier, but this one was a tear jerker. The story of one family's immigration to the States and trying to create a life for themselves will resonate to some degree with any member of a diasporic and immigrant family seeking something better (or just different) in another country.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Sexual assault, Police brutality, Misogyny, Bullying, and Abandonment