Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

56 reviews

saramassoudi's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Misogyny, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

rustmaiden's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Excrement, and Pregnancy

issymaae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Excrement, and Pregnancy

lavieenrose's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Xenophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Minor: Excrement, Abandonment, and Alcohol

toksoplazmozy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

laurenmiller100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.5

• Characters: 6
• Atmosphere/Setting: 7
• Writing Style: 8
• Plot: 7
• Intrigue: 6
• Logic/Relationships: 6
• Enjoyment: 5

This is a pretty weird book. I think it’s ideas paint motherhood in a really important way though and I found myself enjoying Nightbitch’s journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Excrement, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

freshie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Forced institutionalization

justacowboy's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

I really don't know how to explain this book. 
It's a story that you have to just take a deep breath and dive in. Its weird, raw, brutal, and honest. Showing not only the ups but the downs of motherhood and aging, while doing things that are ... yes strange, but also in a primal way you understand or can even relate to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Gore and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, and Pregnancy

rowanelisa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, and Pregnancy

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 is real weird. Nightbitch is a former artist and current stay at home mom who is struggling to understand how stay at home moms stay sane without adult activities. As her husband is usually away during the week and unhelpful during the weekend, Nightbitch beings to imagine her attitude and temper is because she's turning into a dog. This book is dense. As 75% of the characters don't have names and the quarter that do are mostly named Jen, its a lot of third person narratives and pronouns. On top of the hard to keep track of characters, this book is feminist in a super cool and weird way but also so incredibly off putting. She is literally a "bitch" but she also doesn't care. Im not sure who I would recommend this too but I think with the right audience it would be a hit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail