Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

157 reviews

itschelseaw's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book. It was trope-y but in a winking way. I had to stop myself from crying for the last 60ish pages because I was in public and would’ve gotten concerned people disrupting me from the book.
I loved the chemistry between Charlie and Emma, it felt real and electric.
The speech at the end was so romcom perfection, Charlie really studied up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Chronic illness

kmazzilli's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Medical trauma

katmystery's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

The first half was hilarious, and I appreciated the unhinged writer rep. But the second half lost me. My main problem with it was that the love interest was mean. Not abusive, but rude. He doesn’t treat the MC nicely. The book says this is okay because he’s just pushing her away to protect her, but… no. He insults the MC several times out of nowhere and is very critical and snappy. My second problem was with the MC. She’s obsessed with “fixing” the love interest, which results in her kinda forcing him to do exposure therapy for various fears and getting mad at him for not wanting to, which made me uncomfortable. And the ending was way too heavy for a rom-com. Katherine Center did this in The Bodyguard too, throwing extremely serious and potentially triggering content into the story towards the end and then brushing it off in a rushed ending without treating this content with the care it deserves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

jamie_rich's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rachbutler's review

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

geen_22's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

Better than the previous ones. The good parts are good. The bad parts are so incredibly bad and outweigh the good. KC needs content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness and Abandonment

hillgoodharv's review

emotional hopeful

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident

mrgrd_mr's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Abandonment

fullybooked_kel's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

tracikennedy25's review

emotional funny hopeful

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Death of parent