Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese

83 reviews

nglidk's review against another edition

3.0

Negative points for this turning into a Christmas book boooo 🍅🍅🍅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Ableism, and Mental illness

mabellene's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: War and Abandonment

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

While this started a little slow for me, as the plot started to unfold I really enjoyed it. I will say that miscommunication or a lack of communication is probably one of my least favorite tropes. While the initial miscommunication is a fun misunderstanding that sets the stage well, I wish that the characters had just been more honest with eachother later in the book. 

However, I love how Ryder truly stuck by Willa no matter how many times she pushed him away. I also love how Willa never made Ryder feel like less than because he chose not to speak or not to pursue hearing aids or learning sign language. She took him at face value and loved him for who he was at his core, regardless of everything else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Ableism, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

kirareadssometimes'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

4.5

The main characters in this book have such a fun dynamic. Enemies to frenemies to friends to lovers and everything in between. As a hearing person I can’t speak to how accurate the deaf representation was but I loved that it was there, and from my perspective treated with respect. I also loved Willa going to therapy. Felt like a very realistic and healthy way to cope. Really enjoyed the moments of sexual tension that led to momentary exploration. I feel like I don’t find that very often in books or only for one scene. Made me cry but at this point what doesn’t. Great read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Ableism

Minor: Abandonment

potatogrr's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Ableism

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: War, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

sam_xmc's review against another edition

emotional funny informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

whackettreading's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Cancer

Moderate: Death and Ableism

Minor: War

tacoshark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad 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? No

3.75

Pretty solid romance - one of the MCs is hard of hearing, which is not something I see represented in this genre often. A bit over-long and a little heavy on the miscommunication/non-communication trope, but overall pretty good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content and Ableism

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Ableism, and Grief

Minor: Body horror, Gore, and War

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Meh. I picked this up because I inadvertently read #2 in the “series” without realizing it’s a series, but it’s really not. Each book is a standalone about a different brother. I appreciate what the author did in both books with normalizing disabilities and making them accessible to the layman, but the overall story here just falls flat for me. #2 was much better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Sexual content, Abandonment, Ableism, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Medical content, Cursing, and Grief