Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

171 reviews

witcheep's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I love how the focus of the characters' isn't on their problems or hardships, but finding ways to work through or around them in a satisfying way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Classism and Gaslighting

abookwormspov's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

She's done it again. I'm obsessed with this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Ableism, and Physical abuse

lesliehirgelt's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Bullying, Classism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

mighty_lizard_queen's review against another edition

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

3.75

Would have been 4 stars but I never quite recovered from the 3rd act breakup.

I’m not convinced she really should have forgiven him; he said some really hurtful things & the gifts felt like lovebombing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Ableism, and Car accident

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Grief, Racism, and Death

anjasshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Abandonment, Medical content, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

lasunflower's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Domestic abuse

ariep'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? Yes

5.0

Loved this book! Has been my favorite in this series. I think Hibbert is a really fun, engaging storyteller and writer. Her characters are so human and multifaceted. I love the representation of all kinds of healthy relationships throughout the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, Classism, Emotional abuse, Ableism, and Domestic abuse

tragedies's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

Reading this felt like watching my favorite romcom film. It's sweet, funny, and incredibly heartwarming. There's so much emotional pining that you just want to pull the characters together and make them kiss as if they were dolls, a lot of hilarious scenes that you can't help but laugh at (I lost it when Chloe tried to save that damn cat; I legitimately couldn't stop cackling, my mom thought I was going crazy), and a ton of achingly vulnerable moments that just make you want to wrap the characters in a warm, cozy blanket and protect them from this cold, cruel world. Though I finished the book a while back, it still lives in my mind rent free, and needless to say, I will not shut up about it for the foreseeable future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Chronic illness

katybradley888's review against another edition

funny inspiring 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Classism, Sexual content, and Car accident

Minor: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Ableism

feliciavanleeuwen's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

After finishing this book I wrote a thank/love letter to the writer on twitter. Here is it;
Dear @TaliaHibbert, in the last years I dreaded reading but I've never cried, laughed, blushed and been aroused as much as by Chloe & Red's story. At times I couldn't believe I wasn't reading my own thoughts. As painfull as that was, it was amazing too.
Somehow I thought it was a good idea to start reading the book on a family vacation. The times I had to explain my laughing and crying were answered with happiness. The times I had to put down the book, look at my friend and say "this is to spicy to read here": uncountable.
It was the first time reading my symptoms like this, the things I go though on the daily, yet they weren't mine. Some moments it was scary how much Chloe's fibro and mine are alike, not only the physical but also the mental & social implications.
We differ in the fact that my ADHD makes me do a tad bit to much spontaneous things nowadays. Whoever put an adhd brain in a chronically fatigued body is definitely a fan of torture. Still, the ever protecting part of my brain is there. Like Chloe's.
And all these tweets don't even cover, can't even cover, how much I love the little lines about Red loving Chloe's belly. Or how Red, in his looks & wit, is exactly my type. And how some scenes are written inspire me to continue my own writing.*
You might not even read all of this, as your account is an updates account, yet I just have to write. Thank you for this book. Thank you for the characters. The only thing I'm sad about is that I'll never be able to read for the first time again.
Oh and that I'm allergic to most if not all cats. I miss my cat at my parents and want my own smudge. Though I prefer not to rescue them from tree. I'm sure I'll find my Red(s), he/she/they, one day. Sadly my building doesn't have a superintendent. Love, Felicia

*on twitter I didn't specify which scenes but here I will say it were the more spicy ones.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Classism

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Spoilers, not to many details

The book is about Chloe, a black plus size woman with fibromyalgia, who has been abandoned by people in the past because of here illness. She meets Red, a man that is dealing with the aftermath of being in an abusive relationship, who is/was an artist but now is the superintendent of her building. It's a bit of a haters to lovers Trope but not in a way you'd expect.

At times the book was hard to read as it was the first time I saw my exact symptoms reflected in someone else, a fictional character that isn't the comedic relief but is the love interest and seen as attractive. It confronted me, I cried and laughed and was aroused. It was beautiful.