Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Damaged Goods by Talia Hibbert

32 reviews

nenaveenstra's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective relaxing fast-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? Yes

3.75

This book is good, but the subject matter is not really the kind of stuff I usually gravitate towards - pregnancy is highly disturbing for me, so I had to look past that... There were also some smaller flaws like Samir asking Laura to tell him to stop/say no, instead of asking for enthusiastic consent; and phrases like "wet channel" to describe a vagina - Ew. But it's still a Talia Hibbert book, so I had a good time reading it.

Especially when Ruth and Evan made a cameo!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Death of parent

fran's review

emotional fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

30something_reads's review

emotional 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

4.25

 Samir motherfucking Bianchi, everyone 😭♥️♥️♥️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse

taliaalongi's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism and Rape

bookbrig's review

emotional relaxing 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? No

4.0

This series is great, and I finally chose not to start reading one just before bed. This was also a bit of a rougher read for me because of the more explicit on-page discussion of the abusive relationship. I still really enjoyed it, but I actually found myself skimming some of the sweeter parts to find out what happened with that relationship. It stressed me out more than I expected, and I wish there'd been a bit more of a resolution with her sister. But the main couple are sweet and lovely and it was a satisfying read overall. I may need to buy these once I've finished the series because they strike me as a good series for rereading when you need a mood boost.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

peachani's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Abortion

decameters's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault

madisongturner's review against another edition

2.75

Laura is recently separated, pregnant, and needs time away from her home to have her baby in peace. She reunites with her high school love and the rest is history. If you like pregnancy, second-chance romance, and a divorced main character, you will like this book!

I liked but didn’t love this book, it’s likely one of my least favorite of Talia’s books. In all honesty, the main reason I didn’t love this was the main theme of pregnancy just is not my particular vibe. I think it would be a great book if that’s something you are into or if it doesn’t give you the ick. It was an easy read, and I enjoyed the second-chance romance part of it. I would recommend only based on specific vibes, but it was good as all of Talia’s books are, just not specifically my vibe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy

readwithria's review

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? No

3.5

Damaged Goods is my first Talia Hibbert book, and I didn’t know anything about it going in. Lo and behold, there are CONTENT WARNINGS! With chapter numbers! Oh my god every author needs to add content warnings in some capacity to their books, and when someone does with as much care as Talia Hibbert did it makes me so happy.

Anyway, on to the actual book review. I enjoyed this novella! I’m definitely more of a romcom girl than an emotional/tense romance girl, but the pacing was really good and it felt like a full story even at only 160 pages.

I don’t think this series is necessarily right for me, but I will definitely be reading more of Talia Hibbert’s books. Her writing style feels like a good match for me as a reader, so I can’t wait to read some of her more lighthearted books. 3.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual violence and Car accident

ollie_again's review

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Death of parent