Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Sunny Disposition by Deanna Grey

23 reviews

felishacb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Classism

katebrownreads's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Really liked this! a good blend of hidden identity + amnesia tropes. No third act conflict was nice!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Alcohol

jlaz_13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Alcohol

3readingcircus's review against another edition

• 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: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Author's Note: Brief depictions of physical assault. Discussions of chronic pain, parental neglect, and parent death due to cancer. On-page sex scenes

bookswithorion's review

funny 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? No

3.75

it felt nice to read a book about a man who would do anything for the woman he loves, and felt more great to know that it was a geeky and dyslexic black woman! I also liked that the book centered both on the main characters as well as the side characters – they added something to the plot, made it lighter and funnier.

even it's a fast paced book, I think I would've enjoyed it more if it was a bit slower or medium paced bc Naomi and Finn's relationship felt too rushed at times. same with other major things in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Grief

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

takarakeireads's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy this overall. I’m just not a big fan of the amnesia trope although I will say that almost became the part I did like best which I think says a lot 🥴 Specifically Finn’s (sp? I did audio) journey with his memory loss and his recovery, I liked the message that he could be whoever he wanted to be now and not who he was in the past.

First of all- why is a black woman renting this apartment and having to clean up after a bunch of (from what I could tell) white men!?? It’s explained like her friend’s family owns the house and Naomi is getting rent cheap so cleaning is part of the deal to make up for that??? But why do grown (yes I know they’re in college but still) men not just… CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES?!

I didn’t like the male narrator at all especially the voice he did for Naomi was so high pitched and squeaky whyyyyyyy!? cause the female narrator did not sound like that 😭 this definitely didn’t help the spicy scenes which already seemed to come out of left field for me like the language used and the content (like I love spice but I felt like suddenly we were listening to intense language 👁️👄👁️ and I just prefer to have that build a little more idk). The vibe of the spice didn’t match the semi chillness of the rest of the book if that makes sense.

There’s not much hockey, which is fine I guess I just thought there’d be more. At the end

there was this weird like scamming thing related to the hockey team losing or something which seemed completely out of nowhere. And then Finn suddenly remembers some like evidence or something??? But then the book just ends and there was no resolution, he’s just gonna go play for the Eagles now? Which confused me cause that’s a football team…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia

Idk how to categorize it as chronic illness or mental health but the MC Finn is involved in a fight (violence) which results in amnesia

a_libra_library's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

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

michellebub's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

Honestly a nice fluffy read with no third act break up. I enjoyed reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent