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lucyatoz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Virgin River by Robyn Carr is another book that I have read this year (It Happened One Summer being the other one) which is a sexy romantic novel, although this one has more hard-hitting issues being tackled and has been made into a Netflix series.
Mel Monroe has been through the mill as a nurse practitioner in a busy Los Angles hospital, happily married to Mark, an emergency medicine doctor, who dies in tragic circumstances. Making the decision to move on, she goes to Virgin River, a rural small town and almost immediately regrets it.
However, when a new born baby is left on the door step of the clinic and home of grumpy Doc Mullins, she finds a reason to stay, if only for a few days, whilst she cares for them. And having local barman and former marine Jack Sheridan just over the road with a listening ear and broad shoulders to cry on, as well as making her rent-free cabin shipshape to live in, she might just need to reconsider her decision...
I borrowed a copy of this book from Taunton library and listened to it on cloudLibrary. I read this for prompt A is for Alpha for the 52 Book Club mini challenge May 2024.
Mel Monroe has been through the mill as a nurse practitioner in a busy Los Angles hospital, happily married to Mark, an emergency medicine doctor, who dies in tragic circumstances. Making the decision to move on, she goes to Virgin River, a rural small town and almost immediately regrets it.
However, when a new born baby is left on the door step of the clinic and home of grumpy Doc Mullins, she finds a reason to stay, if only for a few days, whilst she cares for them. And having local barman and former marine Jack Sheridan just over the road with a listening ear and broad shoulders to cry on, as well as making her rent-free cabin shipshape to live in, she might just need to reconsider her decision...
I borrowed a copy of this book from Taunton library and listened to it on cloudLibrary. I read this for prompt A is for Alpha for the 52 Book Club mini challenge May 2024.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Pregnancy
Minor: Toxic relationship and War
ordinarypickle's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Feels like it was written in the eighties and lightly updated to the early aughts. I did like parts of it, but overall this had problematic stuff that's awful hard to look over.
Lots of casual misogyny, heavily defined gender roles, copaganda, poor treatment of houseless folks, overblown reactions to weed, and an underage sex scene between a 14&16yo that was was VERY descriptive and felt gross (I fast forwarded through it, what I did hear made me feel incredibly icky).
Lots of casual misogyny, heavily defined gender roles, copaganda, poor treatment of houseless folks, overblown reactions to weed, and an underage sex scene between a 14&16yo that was was VERY descriptive and felt gross (I fast forwarded through it, what I did hear made me feel incredibly icky).
Content Warnings
Minor: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death
boghunden's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Toxic relationship
reocalabra's review against another edition
emotional
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse
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