Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

39 reviews

randeerebecca's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse

madeline_schmidt20's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Pregnancy

laynazaubinde's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

frog4earth's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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

2.5

CW: C/SA AND DV ⚠️ Lowkey a really disappointing read for me. It felt like there was so much attempted justification around domestic violence and abuse, and also around the literal prostitution of a child..? While I thought it was interesting to learn about the Quaker sect of christianity, it felt like it was heavily used to justify really unacceptable, f*cked up sh*t that took place in the story, which is just simply not justifiable, period. I also was unable to engage with pretty much any of the characters. The only things I ended up liking about this book were Rufus’ existence as a kind of symbol of hope and unconditional love for the characters grieving — and especially for Evangeline, who I ended up sort of liking. Even then though, I didn’t understand why, out of nowhere, she would have these random spurts of “wisdom” for herself that I feel like a 16 year old child would not suddenly grasp without having extensive therapy, especially in her situation. It was a fine read I guess, but honestly heavily disappointing as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Pregnancy

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I picked this book up as it is this year's Everybody Reads selection in the Northwest US.  It was a beautiful book about forgiveness and moving on after a tragedy.  I especially enjoyed learning more about the Quaker faith of one of the main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

mayaanning's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Rape, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

christynhoover's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

This is a fictional work that depicts contemporary US Quakers accurately, IMO!

But putting that aside, plot-wise it's a mystery/drama story. And it neither pulls any punches nor fails to expose character flaws to daylight.

It oozes and breathes COMPASSION and understanding for everything that's humanly possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

janicew9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Pregnancy

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This was very much not a book for me. Don't get me wrong, the simple writing was beautiful and absorbing in its own way, but the content was trigger after trigger. Really: look at the content warnings carefully. There were graphic depictions of suicide, animal death, murder, pregnancy and childbirth, blood, vomit, and rape in just about every chapter; you can't escape them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug abuse