Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales, Cale Dietrich

49 reviews

thepinkladylazarus's review

challenging emotional inspiring tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

its_vendetta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

SECOND BEST BOOK IVE READ THIS YEAR. Wow. And I doubt that it will ever get moved down!! 

The story was AMAZING. So compelling. I cried twice. I loved the writing so much!! I think the romance was also done exceptionally well!! The buildup was perfect and both Ruben and Zach were both such well written characters and their individual faults were so realistic! 
Another round of applause for the side characters!! Usually I struggle to remember the side characters in books, especially if there are many but not these characters!! Even the ones that I despised were memorable and they all contributed to the plot in meaningful ways. 
Overall 10/10!! Can’t think of any major issues I had with it. Only request would be to

expand on Angel and Jon some more!! I loved them I needed to see even more. I want to find out how Angel deals with staying sober and how Jon ends up dealing with his dad and everything!!

 
Honestly can see this book having a sequel and while I don’t believe that will happen, it’s pretty unrealistic, I CAN STILL DREAM!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol and Biphobia

Minor: Confinement, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

Review on another edition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, Medical content, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Biphobia, Car accident, Mental illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Outing

Minor: Suicide

bookb1itch's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

this was recommended by a Y7 girl, so i thought I'd read it before buying for our library. I was pleasantly surprised. A little bit more sex than I expected (possibly because I was watching Heartstopper at the same time) but the focus is on the relationship and everything is consensual. Characters other than the main two are well written and the story shows both supportive friends and some adults who struggle to understand. This could so easily be a true story, sadly.

zefancifulreader's review

hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

This was a fun read! 
Boy Band public image drama plus friends to lovers romance?! Joy. 
I loved the duel authorship of having each author focus on just one half of the couple. It created a realness to the characters, especially in moments of relationship miscommunication/ duality in arguments. 
The Angel side story was very interesting, and although YA sugar coated, didn’t shy away from the addiction reality and it’s pain and consequences. 
The ending felt a tiny bit rushed and I was honestly surprised when/where the story ended…

But, them saying “bye, see you NEVER” to Geoff was as good of a happy ending as any. (What a dick.)

 
I really wish they had included a “one year later” epilogue. I want MORE. 
The main four boys are a very fun group of characters and I could enjoy reading about their bickering and playfulness all day long. I was worried that the story would dissolve into the classic “solo career” angle but the love and commitment these four have for each other is strong and it was a joy to experience. 

If this book were a drink: 
It would be cherry coke. I have no idea why. It just fits. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual content

robin_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Two band members fall for each other and go through the struggle of keeping it secret, finding themselves and learning how to express themselves despite their abusive and restrictive management and despite everything else going on in their lives.

This brought back memories of my kpop days. Such an odd and nostalgic feeling. I liked the characters and the way they developed and grew. 
This was a nice read that felt a lot like a palette cleanser. The audiobook was okay to listen to. I wish they had two different male narrators for the two POVs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

nickoliver'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

katrina_5's review against another edition

challenging funny tense 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

I truly enjoyed this book, I loved reading how Zacks character came to terms with his sexuality and how he developed throughout the book.
The bands friendship worked really well together, relationships within this book were really well thought out and written. 

However,  the reason I deducted a .5 was due to the lack of concern over Angel, I feel his addiction was overlooked and made his relationships between everyone in the band seem worthless. No one ensured his safety until he was far to gone. Furthermore, his recovery was glazed over - I would've loved more detail over how that impact him and the band mates especially since most situations he was joking about the love interests. 
Another fault was within a Zacks dynamic with his mother, she is comforting and open yet when he comes out she compares him to his father who had little relevance within the story. It felt like a poor choice - yes not every one has a nice coming out story, but this felt like they felt the need to make another plot for drama within a book which has a dramatic theme from the beginning.

Overall, I feel this book was well written and thought out. I truly enjoyed the romance, I'd recommend to anyone interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Outing

laracroft2001's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Bullying

Minor: Medical content

dreamcat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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 am so emotionally invested in these characters!! I cried multiple times while reading this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Homophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail