Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams

13 reviews

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed it well enough. Bumped up the score a tad for the good body positivity/HAES attitude throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Abandonment, Fatphobia, and Medical content

ariana_m's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted slow-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

5.0

I loved this book so much! This book radiated comfort vibes. It's a romcom that also tackles very serious topics. I think it was balanced out well. I loved Wes and Britta so much. Their dynamic is so cute. The banter between the two of them was so nice. The slow burn between them was everything. It's a friends to lovers/forced proximity/workplace romance. I didn't even realize this book was friends to lovers until I was almost done lol. It wasn't boring at all. The overall plot of the story was really good too. I loved seeing other characters from previous books. I also loved how every single character's role had significance. In my opinion there weren't really any "side characters" because each character added and contributed to the plot. The literal only complaint I have is that I own the physical book and the font size was a bit too small lol. Overall I loved this book so much. This is can definitely fall into the category of comfort books. I don't know how to describe it but it felt like a comfort read. I highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Medical content, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming

takarakei's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

I really enjoyed the main message behind this book, where a woman is on a fitness journey and not one solely aimed at weight loss. I think that was done really well and the struggles with following an exercise program were spot on.

However, I didn’t enjoy the other aspect of this book which was the romance. Personally I didn’t really believe the two main characters falling for each other, and their relationship seemed a bit superficial and not based on a whole lot of depth. Spice was alright, but nothing mind blowing.

I can also accept that as someone who is petite this book just wasn’t written for me and that’s ok. I do understand why a lot of people seem to like it but the romance just didn’t do it for me *shrug*

3/5 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Medical content

The male main character has a mother who has struggled with addiction his whole life. And an estranged sister who has a past history of eating disorder.

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

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

4.0

Okay I read this with high expectations and was slightly disappointed 😞 I really liked it up until this "fight" between the two mc's bc Wes made a shitty decision that was addressed but not met with any reparations. I do see how it happens but I don't like how it went and how Wes turned out to be. I still love him though. Not enough smut for my taste. Also felt kinda slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

mandaraffe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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: Medical content, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Child abuse, and Misogyny

decklededgess's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

3.0

trigger warnings: fatphobia, body dysmorphia, eating disorder, injury and medical content, alcohol and drug addition, sexual content, harassment

I liked this book a lot I just got really bored of how much page time was dedicated to talking about the benefits of exercise. Like yeah totally it's super important but my god I'm reading a romance not a self help book I couldn't give less of a shit how good running feels. 

Anyways the characters were fun, the romance was sweet, the friendships that unexpectedly developed were adorable, the fat representation and discussion around healthy exercise that doesn't focus on weight loss and diet was super cool. 

Overall decent.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Addiction

kaseybereading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, and Fatphobia

Minor: Eating disorder

peachani's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse, and Medical content

spaghettireads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Sexual content, Medical content, and Body shaming

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.75

There are so many things to love about this book, even though the plot balances on one of my *least* favorite tropes: lying. Wes and Britta don’t miss a single opportunity to not come clean about their real identities for most of the story. Gang. This bothers me. It makes me so anxious for the inevitable conflict when the couple finds out the lie and it laces every interaction with an uncomfortable power imbalance that makes it so hard for me to swoon as hard as I want to. I needed about 20% less lying and 20% more banging, but here we are.

That said, I loved Britta. And Wes! And Britta’s friends! The wedding scene in this book is super swoony, and following Britta fall in love with exercise and herself was really great. Britt’s is supremely likable and relatable. Love love love her. Can we have more heroines like this please? Can we have more heroines who enjoy exercise at all sizes too? There is a trope where FMCs just don’t like working out and I’m here for a lazy day, but there are so many benefits to exercise beyond what you look like and I want more of that represented.

Denise Williams can write a toxic ex!!!! Wow. Kelsey?! 😤 This is after putting one of the worst fictional men into the universe in How to Fail at Flirting: Davis. This book is teeming with superbly unlikeable jerks. We have Ben, the toxic hipster, Mason the douche-y marketer (who totally redeems himself!), and Wes’s mom, who more than anything is sad, but woof, also brutally difficult to deal with (great redemption arc here, too!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, Medical content, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail