Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

9 reviews

lunep's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-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: Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Dementia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

lindsay424's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Spoiler-this is my favourite book by Beth O'Leary that I have read so far. The writing for this was extremely clever and I didn't see the plot twist coming. Once the plot twist was revealed it was clear what why one of the main characters was doing what he was doing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Self harm, Cursing, Dementia, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

samchase112's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Mehhhh. Just, meh. I found myself skimming this one quite early as it trudged along to the big finale twist. Honestly, none of the characters grabbed me — except maybe Miranda and her flirtation with AJ — and I really didn't care about what happened to them, Joseph Carter–related or not. O'Leary certainly went for an interesting experiment with this one, but for me, at least, it simply didn't land.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Sexual content

lindseybarnett's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, and Emotional abuse

hmatt's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

Another more-than-meets-the-eye love story by Beth O'Leary. I described her style in my review of The Road Trip, as "a hilariously-told and very cute romance with complex characters and a slightly ridiculous premise", which mostly holds true for this novel as well. I'll say that this story is a bit more solemn, though, and deals with some heavier topics. I didn't quite connect with the characters as much as I have in some of her other books - I wish some of the POV storylines had been more fleshed out, I think this would have helped. But that's sort of what you get when you've got 3-4 main characters in an average-sized novel, so.

My CWs contain plot spoilers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Dementia, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, Stalking, and Pregnancy

lauramparis's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Dementia, Sexism, Death, Self harm, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Death of parent

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

Taylor Swift Songs: “All Too Well (TV)”, “back to December”, “daylight” 

This book exceeded all of my expectations. I am absolutely in shock at how my I utterly adored this. I am very hesitant to give 5 stars, I have only done it a handful of times, but this was an easy 5 stars for me. Also beware, this is not really a “Romcom” it’s more of just general fiction. This had absolutely everything, it had amazing plot and twists I could never expect, it had depth and raw emotion and heart, and not just romance but true unadulterated love. This book breaks my heart into a thousand pieces and glued it back together again. I have cried to books maybe 3 times but I cried to this one, oh my gosh, but in a good way. Happy tears. “Your heart is so full it’s going to burst” tears. One of my favorite books I’ve read. Please do yourself a favor and read this. I am hesitant to say too much, because it is better to go into this book and be shocked by the plot twists, trust me. 

Age rating: 15+, a few brief steamy scenes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Death, and Sexual content

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

I am so conflicted as to what to rate this book because I spent the first half thinking it was one man dating three women and I could not do another infidelity romance book but it’s Beth O’Leary so I knew it could be but couldn’t?!?!? And in typical Beth O’Leary fashion it actually worked? I think what makes her books good is that they are somewhat realistic that there are ups and downs to romance and there isn’t instant love or insane grand gestures and people don’t always forgive and forget

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Miscarriage