Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese

83 reviews

thisblondeisbooked'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism

coacklebee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Vomit, Cancer, Grief, and Death

Minor: Ableism

katebrownreads's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Ableism

shannahtan's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

A veryyy slow burn that hooked me, hence why I finished it so quickly. I forgot what the book was about because I had it on hold for awhile, so I was surprised when

I found out Ryder was deaf in the second chapter. Arguably, it was ablest of me to assume that to begin with

The “pranks” felt childish, but I think maybe the enemies-to-lovers trope always feels a bit childish to me. To be fair, they’re in college after all. Loved the women’s soccer storyline

go reign!

Cute. Smut. Above-average romance novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent and Ableism

janinetrimble's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

This book was a bit complicated for me. It was told by Ryder and Willa, two soccer players who end up paired together for a project and start off as frenemies but by the end....it deals with diverse ability representation but also death of a parent, so be forewarned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Ableism, Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

sarahmcg's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Ableism

fr3ckls's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

i’m afraid to give books 5 ⭐️ but this was so close. overall i loved this book. nice build up romance. despite being a slow burn romance, the story doesn’t get stuck or boring.

we get to know the characters well and it’s amazing how they grow in the book. i love how they are both reassuring for each other’s struggles. 

the relations with their families is also something i quiet enjoyed. it was able to give us characters with dimensions. 

i would love to get more about Ryder’s disability, not just being told but shown when it was his pov. also, he was too good to be true but im fine with it.

Willa has her trust issues which i totally understand but i feel like she expects to be understood when hiding something while she’s very hard with Ryder when he does the same. But this also gave her “imperfections” which made her more realistic.

the professor was totally unethical and despite understanding the importance for the plot it was just meh. and it’s a bit annoying how he kept pushing Ryder and setting people to talk to him and not letting them know he couldn’t hear them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Ableism and War

readuntilthelastpage's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Ableism

sofiarmz13's review against another edition

emotional funny 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: Cancer, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, War, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

valeria_gzz's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad 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

4.5

4,5 AH this book was so good it was lighthearted but also not. Really cute in the way the characters cared about each other and could tell what the other needed before the other had to ask. Also the slow-ish burn was SO SO GOOD. Also just the little things both Willa and Ryder would say to each other or think about each other were just GAH and showed more than when they said “I love you” 

I’m giving it a 4,5 instead of a 5 because sometimes the way the topic of Ryder’s deafness and muteness was handled made me uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Ableism

Moderate: Ableism and Cancer

Minor: Abandonment