Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Sinner by Sierra Simone

9 reviews

scheierndevin's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Racism, Suicide, and Terminal illness

melist6's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, and Sexual assault

joclouise's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

A ton of spice with an interesting mix of Catholicism - I never thought I would be one to thoroughly enjoy a mixture of the two. As someone who has struggled with understanding her own faith since adolescence, the writing about Sean, an avid church-hater, coming to grips with what faith in God actually is, was incredibly introspective. 

Although I picked this book up for the sole purpose of reading some good smut I was taken aback at how much I had to reflect on after finishing my read. This one will definitely be on my mind for the next few days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

ana21's review against another edition

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Minor: Grief and Racism

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Child death, Chronic illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Suicide, Racism, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

jaynovara's review

dark hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Chronic illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racism, Grief, Suicide, and Terminal illness

cluckieduck's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

Well - I enjoyed this one 100X more than Priest! And it made me CRY, damn you...what kind of erotic romance book makes a gal cry?!

Major TWs not related to the main couple, but are a significant plot point:

Mama Bell's terminal cancer diagnosis, her subsequent treatment/palliative care, ending with her death

. Having this element really helped round out Sean's character development and seemed much more fulsome than Tyler's character arc in Priest.

Where I found Priest straight-up erotica, I felt there was a more nuanced approach to the 'romantic' elements with the relationship between Sean & Zenny. While it was still definitely an insta-love(lust) situation, incorporating the teacher/student helped cement their relationship for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, Cancer, Grief, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Racism and Classism

threeundertwopnw's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide, Cancer, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism

honey_pie's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted tense fast-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

3.75

Hard to give it a good rating when it’s basically just a smut book but i lowkey loved it 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Eating disorder