Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Banitka by Anna North

85 reviews

shaun_dh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

“No plot, just vibes” really fits here. Initially I was eating it up, but I was left wanting more

The premise was great and I liked the MC, but nothing felt fully developed. I was obsessed with this merry band of misfits—so gay! such gender fuckery! such unabashedly feminist energy!—but we never really got to know them. And I really wanted to know them! 

Where the book ended up going was good, but again, not nearly fleshed out enough. It all felt one-dimensional and ultimately left me disappointed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Incest, Racism, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

futuredocmartin's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

jfalb330's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Self harm

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

kelleyag's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

jamieclarkson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

noragoudie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a really interesting book, unlike anything I’ve read prior. I appreciated reading a western that centered around strong female characters, and I found many aspects of this book interesting and compelling. However, I think execution could have been better and there were iffy aspects about the core messages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Abortion

Minor: Rape

louiseelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse

hannahpings's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

maybe the most disappointed in a book i've been in a long time. queerness is made both accessory and token, and the story north is trying to tell in no way justifies the alternate history she's created for it. absolutely wild to me that you can set out to purport that biological essentialism is bad (but perhaps i'm giving her too much credit?) and then come up with a book that is... very much supportive of biological essentialism. even aside from my own icky feelings about outlawed as a queer person, so much of what north has done here feels like craft malpractice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Abortion and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

howdyjordan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, and Pregnancy