Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

254 reviews

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

• 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

4.75

This was a cute romance with some really great representation of mental illness. There was also some really neat discussion about reality TV and representation at large. 

If I wanted to nitpick, I could find things that weren't believable about parts of this, but I was so engrossed with the story and characters that I didn't want to - any of it didn't break my reading experience (and certainly any gripes that I could search for to have are well within the norm for this genre anyways). I stayed up way too late reading this because I was so invested. I'm excited to read more from this author! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Ableism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit

madelonpaige's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia

plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

challenging emotional

• 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

Their love story was just very wholesome and I really liked that it was just as much about character development.

It took some time getting into the story

mainly because of how Dev describes this show realistically as bad as it is but glorifies it completely almost till the end, which made him partly unlikeable as the morals of the MCs are important to me

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But I loved the inclusion of mental health issues because they sometimes seem not to fit in romantic contexts but actually should be represented in romantic stories because some people have mental health issues and they are still worthy of love even if they themselves don't feel that way. 
So thank you to the author for making me hopeful, thank you for writing this story :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, and Racism

natafiguu's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

a good romance but the diversity felt kind of forced and there wasn't any room to guess about the characters because it was very blunt in its storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Vomit

Moderate: Biphobia

takidodo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Vomit, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

noceur's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Vomit and Biphobia

frenchpants's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexism, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Biphobia

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia

axel_p's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad 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

4.0

The way that Alison wrote about depression in this book hit close to home.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Vomit, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

• MLM
• dual POV
• Reality tv (Bachelor-like) setting
• amazing LGBTQIA+ rep
• phenomenal mental health rep

THIS WAS SO STINKIN' CUTE!!! I'm honestly obsessed! Charlie and Dev have my heart forever. A MUST for anyone who watches reality tv shows it was such a fun take on that setting. (I don't watch them, and still loved this, so really it's for any queer romcom fans!). I really enjoyed both Dev and Charlie's journey through self-discovery, finding their identities and mental well-being.
Ok one caveat with the audiobook is that the narrator *kinda* makes it sounds like Dev's name is Dave (Dev is just pronounced D-ay-v) - so I just had to mentally picture 'Dev' every time.

3/5🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Sexual content, Vomit, and Ableism

Minor: Racism