Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Sunny Disposition by Deanna Grey

13 reviews

ahopper7's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was such a lovely read. It was sweet and fluffy and so easy to lose yourself in. I just wanted to stay nestled within its pages and never leave.

Naomi and Finn were so cute/awkward/sweet together. They had me giggling so much! I loved that they bonded online before meeting in person. I also really liked the discussion around girls (especially black girls) having to present themselves in a certain way. I also really liked the way Finn’s injuries were handled, though I wish there was a little bit more there in regard to his PT/rink time/medication use.

Anyway! This was such a cozy, sweet read and I can’t wait to see where this series goes. Sunny Disposition is getting four stars from me! 😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Gaslighting, Violence, Ableism, Grief, and Medical content

emlittle's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Deanna Grey is quickly become an insta-buy author for me- her stories and characters are endearing and heart aching in the best way while not shying away from the fact that even in love stories, people have an ugly reality to contend with. However those realities don’t bog the story down or overshadow the romance in a way that makes it feel like characters are using romance as escapism. Grey does a beautiful job keeping her stories grounded in reality, writing honestly and earnestly. And this very much continues in ‘Sunny Disposition’ 

Naomi, a cozy gaming streamer, math eficianado, and perpetual ray of sunshine, is well rounded outside of her romantic plot line: she’s dealing with grief and boundary setting and giving herself permission to feel anger/frustration. Finn is more than our grumpy MM- he’s coming to terms with the reality of memory loss and navigating relationships he doesn’t remember. These characters are dealing with incredibly real things and I loved them all the more for it.

‘Sunny Disposition’ is emotional, engaging, sweet, steamy when it needs to be- it’s an excellent contemporary romance that you can’t help but devour. I couldn’t be more excited to see the Mendell Hawks series continues 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Grief

abookwormspov's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Violence, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Death

amre23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.75

This was a cute book but there were a few plot points that I don't think were fleshed out. Was an easy and fun read. Definitely liked the more accurate body representation and that they are both tall.  

My frustrations/confusions are hidden in the spoiler as are not part of the blurb of the book and was a surprise where the story went:
 

The whole corrupt Sports Director thing would of been a good thing to follow but we dont even know what is going on with that?? Just simple hints. WTH. Also Wished we would of seen a lot more of Finn before the accident so we would know what the guys keep comparing to the "old Finn"

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Terminal illness

peachani's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, Abandonment, Biphobia, and Blood

vj_thompson's review

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Classism, Cursing, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

rickireadss's review

3.5

this one was a cute little hockey romance between online friends. i liked naomi and finn a bunch, but i also have realized i HATE the amnesia trope. i think without that, i would have liked this more than i did. i'm excited to continue this series though, because all the side characters were really likeable.

⚠️:  violence, injury/injury detail, death of parent, medical content, child abuse, classism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Child abuse and Classism

whichdirection's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

Incredible chemistry, really good communication & constructive fighting (we stan a healthy relationship); super interesting side plots & well-developed supporting cast.
Very hot smut, super worth the wait.
I wish it had focused just a tiny bit more on the hockey subplot as that felt just a little under developed, but I wasn’t dissatisfied with what we got.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual harassment and Cancer

- Sexual Content: they do be fuckin; fully consensual, everyone is over 18 - Alcohol: there’s a couple party scenes & they go to a bar; ppl get drunk and talk about being drunk in the past - Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical Content: Finn gets bloody playing hockey & in fights outside the rink twice; one of these is the incident that leads to his amnesia - Medical Content, Chronic Illness: Finn has lingering memory issues & chronic back pain from his incident; he mentions being taken to many doctors despite not wanting treatment - Death of a Parent, Cancer: Naomi’s mother died of cancer prior to the book’s start - Panic Attacks/Disorders: Naomi breaks out into hives on several occasions due to stress and anxiety (this seemed like the best fitting description) - Sexual harassment: in one of the final chapters it is mentioned that the Greate’s were harassing Naomi to try to spur Finn into a fight, no specific details are given