Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

175 reviews

vezreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

3.75

The disability representation was absolutely phenomenal! Overall a sweet love story between likable people with lots of laughs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Emotional abuse

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Gaslighting

ateliphobia's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book made me feel so seen as a disabled person. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Racism

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

Such a cute light and fluffy rom com with amazing disability rep, characters, plot, and steamy scenes. Ticked all my boxes. 

The audiobook was great! It’s narrated by Adjoa Andoh, who plays Lady Danbury in Bridgerton. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Car accident and Alcohol

sabrinaleaf'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? It's complicated

3.5

3.5 ⭐️ 

I finally got around to reading this book.
All in all, this was a very enjoyable read. Red and Chloe’s dynamic was so cute and they ended up being a couple you were able to root for.

As someone with a disability, Chloe and her struggles with fibromyalgia were very relatable. When my blood sugar goes low, I tend to be easily irritated and lose patience quickly, which also happens to Chloe.

Their banter was ADORABLE! I love seeing these sorts of exchanges in romances.

A few things that the author chose to wrote bothered me. I think it’s a personal thing but I hate when male love interest start to masturbate graphically on page. There’s a scene in here where I was like « whoa okay, I don’t like this. Please stop ». He also kept saying that Chloe had a « Rococo face ». I’m not kidding, he said it at least 3 times. WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?!? What is a rococo face. And it just sounds so weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Grief, and Alcohol

gelslitreviews's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Ableism and Emotional abuse

emily_mh's review against another edition

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

4.5

This was a delight!! I LOVED Chloe and Red’s dynamic; I could really feel their chemistry and pining, and their narrative voices were really distinct. Chloe’s perspective meant a lot to me as a chronically ill person as she was intensely relatable. I’ve docked a half star because I didn’t like how the third act breakup was executed. I did, however, LOVE the reconciliation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Major warning for chronic pain. Minor warnings for fainting/dizziness, earthquake, capital punishment, volcano, self-injury, and disownment.

pendragyn's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

I hardly ever give a book 5 stars but I truly love this one. I really identified with Chloe, so there were a few scenes that had me full on crying because I've never felt so seen, especially not in a romance story. I loved the writing and getting to see things from Red's (the love interest's) point of view. At first I was worried Red was going to be a jerk because the beginning felt like an enemies-to-lovers setup, but he's actually very sweet and a good fit for Chloe. A modern fairytale with a very lovely and realistic happily ever after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

Okay this book was great and I really enjoyed reading it. Still: Why did no one warn me how much smut there would be!? I did not expect that at all. The relationship was cute and they had some cute banter. One of my favourite parts about this book was the representation. Issues like class, chronic illness and toxic relationships are tackled really well and I loved reading about it. The characters were really flushed out but I personally just didn't feel the chemistry. I don't know why but I just didn't feel it that much. Also the conflict in the end felt rushed and just a bit off.

I wanted to love this book and I did love a huge part of it but I just didn't completely fall in love with it. It might just not be the right time for me though. I would definitely reread it at some point in the future. But I would probably read it and not listen to the audiobook like I did this time. I think that actually took away a bit from my reading experience. I'm a big audiobook fan but I didn't like the voice and it just felt strange.

I am really excited to read about the other Brown sisters though. Even though they are a quite big part of Chloes life, they are not really important for the story so I'm excited to learn more about them.

All in all this was a quick and fun read and has so many things I loved. If you like representation and people being absolutely in love with each other - this one is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Gaslighting