Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh

13 reviews

djvill's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

megmax's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

most offensive part of this book is the flaunting of a utopia in which the MBTA could function after a series of quote “monster nor’easters”, when in reality if you look at it wrong it catches on fire.

really, i liked claudia and all the boston references. i may have to take a walk around that area of the common soon.

victors chapters were hard to read (understandable, given he’s a violent white supremacist and misogynist) but those beliefs and those people do exist and i think the author did a good job of showing how people can get that way and spiral their way further down without making him sympathetic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cancer, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder

bootsmom3's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Islamophobia, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

eed8's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and Classism

verdenrow's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

• 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

3.75

I almost DNF’d this book several times because of the character, Victor. He’s that awful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Abortion

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

indiatorrez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

afreeby's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Racism, Sexism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

ncoletti's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Stalking, Abortion, and Pregnancy

jaynovara's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Infertility, Racial slurs, Rape, Xenophobia, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

1414's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Abortion

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury