Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese

83 reviews

bookwormbullet's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted relaxing sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Ableism and Sexual harassment

levesc17's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I liked this because the characters genuinely rankle each other due to honest misunderstandings at the start of the book and due to forced proximity start to untangle their feelings! A lot of times the enemies to lovers trope has a one sided crush that one of the characters was hiding and that’s a bit of a buzzkill for me. This is definitely a all out enemies - to frenemies over time- to lovers arc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Ableism

kellydarla's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Ableism, Vomit, and Alcohol

spaghettireads'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness and Ableism

katrinaward's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Minor: Ableism

buttermellow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, and Sexism

aamie's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This was pretty funny, pretty cute and pretty solid overall. I liked their relationship and the banter/wit was written really well (as well as being pretty smart). I liked how similar it was to a movie and the journey from enemies to frenemies to lovers. Also I really enjoyed sports being a main factor (soccer). Love a good sports romance.  I liked how it was dual POV as well and we got to see Ryder’s perspective.  I enjoyed this tho and I will read the rest of the books in the series. 

The grief and cancer in this book (and PTSD) added a layer of realism and it was nice to see how healthy coping mechanisms were shown and how you can still have love and romance and other problems in your life. 

Characters are diverse bc of disability representation, not bc of racial/ethnic diversity - it was a bit diverse bc it has Swedish rep but they’re not really a minority. I think the best friend is Indian?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Cancer

Moderate: Ableism and Death

rakizaka's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll get a happily ever after. This is a “he falls first” frenemies to lovers rap ver romance that was impossible for me to put down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Ableism, War, Abandonment, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Misogyny

katiehasanxiety's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

5.0

Reread 9/2022 - okay it’s gotta be five stars ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Ableism, and Grief