Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam

16 reviews

bookcaptivated's review

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Medical content, Classism, and Grief

rickireadss's review against another edition

3.25

this wasn't necessarily a miss for me, but the ending really let me down. it took a bit for me to get into this and be rooting for them, but once i was in, i was in. these two are HOT AF - especially trixie, like damn woman

YES TELL THAT MAN HE'S A GOOD BOY

but the ending

where he yelled at her while drunk????

nooooooooo, i hated it.

this may be my trauma talking but i would NEVER get back with a man who did all that to me, drunk or sober.

so yeah, this had the potential to be favorite of mine, but it fell flat. i am looking forward to the next book because i LOVED the boss babes!!

⚠️: grief, death of parent, cancer, medical content, parent has heart attack, fire/fire injury, racism, gaslighting, gentrification

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, and Medical content

Moderate: Racism and Gaslighting

lalaslibrary's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Cancer

havlisar's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was cute! Loved the diversity and family representation. The spicier scenes were well written but the actual relationship parts between the main characters felt chaotic. Every time they were around each other was a fight, and one that never felt comprehensively resolved. Some scenes with her friends felt weird too like there was extra information that didn't add to the story at all. However, I think the author did a great job writing Trixie's joy and love of her occupation and her passion, which as a sex toy saleswoman she should have! Trixie's characterization was well done and that's why I kept reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I feel like I would have much rather read about Trixie and the other boss babes than hear about Andre. He struck me as really immature, and I feel that Trixie would have been better off without him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Racism

Gentrification

thefatpaperback's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

ashleycmms's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

nina_readsbooks's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Overuse of the term “boss babes” and while Trixie was a lovely character, she clearly was part of an MLM. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Gaslighting

caseythereader's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, and Cancer

meganpbennett's review

emotional funny 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

5.0

Happy Endings was a blast. She moved to DC from NOLA ago to prove to her immigrant parents that she can make it in a non-traditional career. She wanted to be a therapist, and now sells sex toys and wants to open her open boutique. He returned to DC from NOLA when his mother got sick, taking over the restaurant and trying to do things as she would have in her honor. They also used to date. 

And of course they cross paths when she holds a bachelorette party as his restaurant, with a sex toy display on the table. She's never forgiven him for breaking up with her with a post-in, and he's never stopped loving her. You can imagine where this leads. 

She needs the sales to win the grand prize at work so she can open her own boutique, and he needs the sales revenue if he's going to even attempt to keep the shop. It's a match made in heaven. More or less. 

My only complaint is that the ending had two really big things happen-

the restaurant catching on fire and being declared a complete loss and her father having a large and serious heart attack

- that are barely addressed in the epilogue. I wanted a few more chapters about what happens next, and then the jump to the epilogue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury