Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

5 reviews

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Mental illness, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Outing, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Medical content, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Car accident, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Racism

rickireadss's review against another edition

5.0

i LOVE maggie and aiden so much. i want to give aiden the biggest f*cking hug because he put up with way too much from his family. ughhhh they all made me so mad, but especially his brother

like how can you just sit there and be so ignorant and oblivious or simply just not give a flying f*ck what your brother is doing and putting up with. like GROW TF UP bro.

but omfg, aiden realizing that he's bi and demi?!?!? MY HEART WAS SO FULL. i think this is great rep, it made me cry, and i just loved how they talked about it together. ALL THE FEELS!!!! i loved the gaming aspect of this a LOT and love that that's what brought them together. i think the miscommunication/misunderstandings of each other's true ages was hilarious! i also just loved that they were older MCs, 48f 50m, and actually acted their ages. hands down a great book and i honestly want to reread it again!

⚠️: biphobia, homophobia, outing, emotional abuse, death of parent (cancer), acephoba/arophobia, racism, cancer, grief, misogyny, gaslighting, bullying, death of parents (car accident), religious bigotry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Biphobia, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Outing

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Misogyny, Cancer, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

reign_kaur's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

Oh my goodness, the family drama is on point. So accurate and inspiring. I'm in a similar situation to the main characters and this helped me to confirm I am doing the right thing and to ignore the gaslighting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Outing

lillygabriella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Deliciously Awkward!  

I had no idea Gamer Geek was a subgenre of Romance now! I'm so glad to find out this exists! I got this as a Kindle First read, and finished in one day. I am really happy it was one of the options. 

So what happens when two introverts get to know each other through an MMO? Misconceptions about identities, and wacky hijinks of course! Small towns, small dating pools, judgy people, family dysfunction, this book has it all. And some spicy romance to boot!

I rate the spice 2/5 chili peppers. The sex scenes are fairly explicit, more R than X rating. So if you like romance but not the sex stuff, it's really a small part of the story, and easily skimmable if it's not your thing. Well worth reading if it is, though.

I am definitely going to have to check out some of Cathy Yardley's other work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Outing, Bullying, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

crystalisreading's review

funny hopeful reflective relaxing

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

#23for23

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Outing

Minor: Religious bigotry, Dementia, Racism, and Grief