Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel

98 reviews

kirstym14's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse

sarahpierce's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

Jay is the blueprint. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

nitya's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Can I have a boyfriend like Jay Shah plz

P.S. Ignore the blurb, this is NOT a romcom. It's more contemporary/women's fiction imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse and Pregnancy

bryelle's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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? No

4.5

Enemies to lovers. Set up my parents, breaking traditional roles of their families. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Rape, Child abuse, and Death of parent

theadhdbookworm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

I very much enjoyed this book. The first 10 chapters were a bit slow and cliché, but it settled into a great flow after that. The tension between the characters was fantastic. They go through such a journey together and help each other begin to heal from past traumas. Plus we love a hard working woman with a group of very supportive friends. I want to read more books with tight knit girl groups. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

While this is a romance, this book tends to cover some sensitive topics. I've included the content warnings. The Sexual Assault of a Minor is not described in graphic detail but is still mentioned.

rae_bookmarkchronicles's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful 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

4.0

Not gonna lie I HATED Jay in the beginning but the way he went to bat for Liya in the end changed my mind. Also I disliked how Liya felt about herself at times do to what "society" thinks
But the ending was so fulfilling and I can't wait to read book 2

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

westcdf's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

2.5

This was an incredibly difficult book to read, and contains a lot of discussion around sexual violence, so just a heads up if that's triggering for you. I expected this book to be a cute "enemies-to-lovers" book but it is way more emotionally intense than that. I feel weird writing a review about the romantic aspect about this book, especially because it contains such a serious discussion like sexual violence. If you're looking for a lighthearted romance novel, this book is NOT it. The characters seemed pretty unrealistic and I found the "enemies" part too intense, there wasn't really any lightness to it. Additionally I just didn't feel like the characters actually had realistic chemistry. It ended up feeling very "the man is going to save the woman" in this story, which I didn't particularly like. Overall it's just an okay book, and definitely not the romance novel it's marketed as. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

aritsu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 assault

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

sadiaa's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Rape, Misogyny, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse

rd77's review against another edition

4.25

The ending was very powerful (made me cry) and for the most part, the plot was good. A little slow here and there, and somewhat strange/unrealistic at some parts but mainly really good! Love the South Asian representation for pretty much of all the characters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Fire/Fire injury