Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

25 reviews

fantasycat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Excrement

lain_darko's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Outing

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Slavery, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

balfies's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective tense 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

Another historical fiction, this one set in 1620's Amsterdam about the new wife of a merchant and the secrets of their house. 

Great historical detail and richness, characters with depth, well paced, ambiguous mystery, and enough tension throughout. Not necessarily a must read, but certainly an enjoyable one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Abortion, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death

vanadiumbean's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Police brutality, and Medical content

Minor: Slavery, Torture, and Colonisation

texassizedreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

The book itself was 2 stars, one star subtracted from my final rating because of the completely unnecessary use of the n-word by a white author. I felt like the aspect of the story I cared about most (the mystery of the miniaturist) was left unresolved. The rest of the story was relatively bland and I found Nella's character to be pretty annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racial slurs