Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Marriage Game by Sara Desai

11 reviews

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

An interesting and diverse book, sam and laylas romance was a whirlwind. The enemies to lovers while fighting their feelings was a fun ride but I got in a slump nonetheless. 

Though certainly perfect for one another, the toxicity of the surrounding bachelor and business drama just put a grey cloud over the book for me. Neeshas DV experience I feel was handled well though.  Overall, it seemed like a great representation of the diversity of Indian culture but as I’m not part of the culture myself it’s an opinion to be taken with a pinch of salt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, and Medical content

vj_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book was an emotional roller coaster that I did not need. I wasn’t a fan of Sam and Layla’s relationship. I thought it was very unhealthy. I also hated how every male character was written. Not every man constantly thinks about banging women…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Cursing, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Grief, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Vomit, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Car accident

amotoquinha'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Vomit

Moderate: Blood and Domestic abuse

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

sarahmae531's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

Overall, I found Sam and Layla’s relationship confusing.. Things moved way too fast to be believable, (

him acting as a “chaperone” after knowing each other 48 hours? her squeezing his leg under the table to get him to stop talking on the first date? they randomly started calling each other boyfriend/girlfriend without a conversation about it??

) and I know it’s a romance and doesn’t have to be believable all the time, but this was just too out of this world.
Also some descriptions of Layla’s body read so much like a man was writing the novel.. Enough said, I think. 
I thought the ending was pretty predictable, but I did think it was cute and is the reason it got an extra .5 stars from me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

rensreading's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

a cheesy rom-com

i don’t mind cheesy rom-coms in the least. so that’s not the reason i didn’t really like this.

i hated the love interest. i hated all the undealt with misogyny. i hated the way the author wrote when in sam’s pov and didn’t seem to find a problem with what they were writing.

the plot was fine. the story was okay. layla was underwhelmingly average and sam was awful. i liked royce better than i did him and that says a LOT.

i did understand sam’s need to get justice for his sister though. i think others calling him selfish for putting his sister first is also misogynistic and stupid. its wrong of him to quit being a doctor and get his sister’s ex-husband in jail for what he did to her simply bc he isn’t fulfilling every poc parents’ dream by being a doctor? bullshit.

all in all, i’d give this 3 stars and 2 🌶🌶 as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Vomit, Sexual assault, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Death

the main characters do get in a car accident but don’t die. the death tag is related to an off-screen death that happened years before the events in the book.

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Gaslighting, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

blackveilbeccy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

This started off slow but by the end I waa really invested. There was a great, diverse ensemble cast and I found the characters super loveable. Can’t wait to read the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Gaslighting, Addiction, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Sexism, Abandonment, Death, Gun violence, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

rachelkays's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

3.0

NOT A ROMANCE WHERE THE GIRL PROPOSES 😭 I was appalled. Other than that, this was a very safe, averagely entertaining romance. I liked the story but at times I felt like the writing jumped around too much. Layla and Sam were very Wattpad in both an enjoyable and cringey way. The spice was there but lacking. One thing I did like was how quickly their miscommunication problems were always solved. This was a very solid, Hallmark channely angst-less romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Vomit, Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

kfmcf's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-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

Really my only issue was this book was that it relied a little to heavily on pop culture references (eg., Layla references the Princess Bride a lot and it even makes an appearance in the epilogue where Sam now knows what it is). I don't mind if books have sprinklings of references but this one almost seemed ingrained in the character development.
The plot of the book was definitely weaker than the characters, but honestly I would much rather have it that way than the reverse. I found the characters enjoyable and relatable if not possibly needing a bit more grounding. The side characters were very enjoyable and I'm glad to be seeing more of them in the sequels which I will happily read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kayladaila's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-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? It's complicated

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Car accident, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Gore, and Gaslighting