Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

10 reviews

pookiee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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I have mixed feelings on how this portrays domestic abuse, rape, and their perpetrators. it’s annoying and disappointing, given that it’s integral to the story, that there is no acknowledgment by the text that what occurred was rape. rape was only seen as a possibility along with general sexual assault.

for a mainstream book with humorous tones, it does well overall, and I’m grateful. love the solidarity between women, especially Madeline and Jane’s friendship. I got emotional at many points.

« Je veux dire, un homme gros et moche peut quand même être drôle, sympa et brillant. Mais on dirait que, pour une femme, être grosse et moche, c’est le summum. Il n’y a pas plus honteux. (…) Nous vivons dans une société obsédée par la beauté, un monde qui considère que le plus important pour une femme, c’est de faire en sorte d’être séduisante pour les hommes. »

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

lqne's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Infertility, Bullying, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, and Car accident

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic friendship, Death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Child abuse, Alcohol, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Blood, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Body shaming, and Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage and Addiction

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

livbarry's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.25

This book is so, so smart in such a subtle way. I thoroughly loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Misogyny

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

autumnwhite's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Car accident, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Murder, Bullying, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Cursing, Grief, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

abbycrotts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS SONKUCH TIS SOOOOOOO GOOD i love the way liane moriarty writes. the book itself isnt necessarily hard its a pretty easy read i guess but that doesn’t mean it isnt written intelligently. the way she writes is so good and everything feels so real and natural. i think this book also helps give me a different look on motherhood (how its an “illness” as one of the characters says earlier i dunno who it was) and maternal relationships and family overall. the parts when the kids were going through their hardest times really hit me because i still feel like a little kid myself sometimes and desperately want to go back into someone laying in my mothers arms. also the plot twists and perfectly executed tension had me shitting and peeing my pants and gripping the walls everything about this is just so good im CRUUIIFIFGFNNBBBVVX

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, and Rape

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I enjoyed this book and the twists and turns kept my interest! I loved the fact that it was both a “who-dunnit” at the same time as a “yes but who died”?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Infertility

delilahreads's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was just okay for me. The beginning dragged on for way too long with boring "mommy wars" stuff and annoying characters, but it did build to a thrilling pitch as the story approached a fateful night where the reader already knows something will happen... And then immediately starts dragging again after the event occurs. I think the message about domestic violence is important but this book just didn't grab me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs