Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

23 reviews

gpuleston99's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Medical content

jennalise13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

damn what a slow burn but tate and penny’s chemistry was so good. also love a complicated mother daughter relationship!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness and Emotional abuse

ali1311's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book was not really what I expected but I loved it! It was very emotional and deeply about mother-daughter relationships as much as it was about romance. It was a really interesting story of womanhood and woman relationships (in truly all aspects). My biggest note is that the ending felt a bit unfinished, mostly between the friends! I want to know what happened with them in the end and a little more of a wrap up for Anna would've been nice too. But overall I was very pleasantly surprised by this book and it tugged on my heartstrings a LOT. Also there should def be trigger warnings at the beginning of this book so I will add them to this review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

deideo's review

emotional fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

someplace_i_go's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

madanxiety's review against another edition

3.0

Maybe I listened to this audiobook on too fast of a speed (I only had a day left on my library loan when I started lol), but I found it hard to distinguish between the characters in dialogue, especially during the texting scenes. This probably wouldn't have been an issue if I'd read the physical book, but yeah I kept having to rewind because I couldn't tell who was saying what. Aside from that, the book was fine. Sharpe has a literary diction that adds a bit of flavor to a very conventional genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Grief

whosfernn's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

 Cute at times, but absolutely heart-wrenching as well. What a good book to kick off pride month. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Cancer, Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Blood

leahkarge's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

ana_the_frog's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Cancer

refrejarator's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This brings together so many of my favourite tropes (fanfic or otherwise). I was crying and laughing throughout the whole thing, and my heart was jumping each time they almost kissed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Rape