Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese

311 reviews

khonake1's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.75

SO GOOD. This book had me laughing, crying, and squirming in my seat! I loved the banter and pranks between the characters early in the book, but then it was so nice to see how their feelings evolve over the school year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

emilygibbs's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Cancer

Moderate: Grief

estimpert's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

errie's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

I love love loved Ryder and Willa! Ryder is a former soccer star prospect who's career was cut short by a case of bacterial meningitis that caused him to lose his hearing. Willa is a current soccer star who's losing her mom to cancer and struggling to balance sports and school. When her and Ryder are paired up for a school project, frenemies become lovers. I adored the banter and jokes between them and this slow burn was nice and slow just like I like it!! My only issue was the communication. Not literally obviously because Ryder is deaf but emotionally. Willa and Ryder both refused to talk about anything real almost the whole book!! It was so frustrating to read and it kinda dampened the fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Cancer, Body shaming, Medical content, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Ableism, and Sexism

bibliokayla's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

kristannereads's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

ali1311's review

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted slow-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

3.0

This book was wayyy too long for what it was in my opinion. A lot of the writing felt very cheesy and juvenile honestly, but the characters and their chemistry made up for it. I did generally enjoy reading it up until the end where it just kept going and going. But the characters were strong and the story was compelling. I liked Ryder's deafness playing such a big role in the story and thought that was done very well. Overall it was an okay read and I appreciated the banter, but eventually it felt repetitive (re: terms of endearment they used for each other and plot).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

fox_ivy's review

Parent illness and death 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism

ilmiruth's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent