Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

7 reviews

rachelditty's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Read this after Hannah (A Clockwork Reader) raved about it in one of her reviews. In all honesty, I was really hoping this was going to be a 5-star read for me, but the second half kind of dipped in holding my interest at times. 

Maybe it was because I knew as a reader that these two characters would end up together since this is a romance novel, but a lot of times I felt that Charlie and Dev's arguments kind of came out of nowhere, or happened very suddenly. I got a lot of whiplash in the second half because of that.

The first half and the ending though both really had me. It was tropey, their bonding was fun and cute, and seeing everything play out at the end was so great to watch. Especially given both of these characters are very open with the readers and with each other about their mental health, it was nice to see them get the happy ending they wanted.

Some quotes I liked:
"Isn't it wild that his true self is the version of Charlie Winshaw people liked the most?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Vomit, and Blood

allonsyahhlee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Vomit, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Homophobia

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, and Biphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

alouette's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

such a charmingly sappy and also emotionally devastating novel!! it started out with the most lovely romantic comedy vibes and quickly built up into a heartbreakingly honest portrayal of mental illness. it's very clear that love won't solve all the hardships these characters are going through, but the characters (especially Dev and Charlie!) are able to lean on each other for support. 

 It doesn't need some catastrophic tragedy to turn the chemicals of his brain against him. Tiny tragedies are more than enough.

Dev and Charlie were so adorable within just the first chapter that i was grinning like a fool for most of the novel. the angst made me want to scream, which was an unexpectedly visceral reaction for me and showed just how invested i had gotten in these characters. the audiobook narrators were notably so amazing! every voice crack and "oh, love" and even the correct pronunciation of Dev's name throughout hit me right in the heart. 

 'Forever is never a guarantee. I don't know if I'm going to love them for the rest of my life, but I know right now, I can't imagine a future where I don't love them. And for me, that's enough.' 

overall i'm just so happy that their privilege was acknowledged (including by themselves) but their feelings were never treated like less because of this. choose happy endings, my friends!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual content

Minor: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Biphobia, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

Perhaps I will come back later to leave a longer review, but for now: this book made me cry multiple times, more than any other romance has, but in the best way: for mental health rep, for aspec + queer rep, for allowing people to be with us in our darkest and messiest moments and helping us realize we deserve love then too, for the idea that every kind of love/orientation deserves to be recognized as valid and is worthy of being represented widely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Religious bigotry

mandaraffe's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Ableism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship