Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

26 reviews

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, War, Gore, Medical content, Classism, Death, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Skin picking, quite a few vomit scenes but they didn't trigger my emetophobia.

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

♡ Rom Com

♡ Royal Fantasy Vibes

♡ The Lady Gets the Knight (but make it Sapphic)

I loved the humor in this book.  The way the characters interacted was nicely done as well. 

When I read this I wasn’t in much of a mood for it but pushed through and ended up really enjoying it.  The plot wasn’t too confusing as some fantasy books can be, but this kept my interest.  It was such an entertaining read.

And the queer rep was better than I was expecting actually.

Spice Level: n/a

Angst Level: 💧(1/5)

POV: Duel, Third Person

Release Date: 28, November 2023

Rep: Sapphic (Main Couple), Achillean (Main Couple), Thai (Side Character), Biracial Iranian/White (Side Character)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, War, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, and Medical content

Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, Gaslighting, Biphobia, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Gore, and Outing

quilla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

4.75

Okay so I LOVED this book!! Like it was just so so so much fun; the banter between the characters was hilarious and charming and I found myself rooting for all of the relationships in the story! I also enjoyed how Arthurian (??) myth was tied into the story without being too overbearing.

There are two really big gripes I have with this book. One; the audiobook is kinda awful. I really only like Gwen’s voice actor, Arthur’s was grating and had no clue how to emote without making everyone sound like an airhead. It really dampened what could have been great lines with a different actor.
Problem number two was the crazy abrupt onset of gore and violence in the last 25% or so of the book. Obviously, there’s conflict bubbling from the very beginning but the way it explodes and suddenly everyone has life threatening injuries and is dying all at once… it’s jarring after all the cute flirting and light relationship angst.

Besides those things, I had a grand time with this book and I’d recommend it to anyone who’s looking for a fun romance read (who doesn’t mind crazy gore right at the end).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, War, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Homophobia

ariep's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense 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

Really enjoyed this read!! It was such a fun story, and I thought the characters were unique and lovable. It reminded me of a webcomic I used to follow, High Class Homos! I thought it had a good balance of fun and funny moments along with emotional and dark moments as well. The characters felt very fleshed out, and the world was intriguing, I truly enjoyed this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Sexism, War, Outing, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Classism

ronniethereader's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Alcoholism

vagaybond's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

giggling blushing twirling my hair kicking my feet copypasta

I mean to be clear some bad stuff happens but mostly I feel love for my gays

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Gore, War, Medical content, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Sexism

On page murder of the father of two main characters in a battle scene near the end.

There's some internalized homophobia in Gabe that he sort of extends to his sister, but it's acknowledged as projection and is something he works through.

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was so good!! I really enjoyed how sweet, funny and sarcastic all the characters are. Gwen and Art have been betrothed since toddlerhood, but on top of the fact that they hate each other, they each are playing for different teams. When they figure out each other’s secrets they work together to help each other catch the attention of the people they actually want.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, War, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Medical content, and Misogyny

alyssajp's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

This was so delightful. Great character development, and lots of relationship building--romantic and platonic and familial.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Medical content and Vomit

amanda_mh's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

This is everything I needed in a story! It’s all about love, friendship and unexpectedly a little bit of kingdom politics. The characters are so real and my heart goes out to the main six 🥰  the writing is heart warming, tear jerking, while also being laugh out loud funny in different moments. 
 
🥰 It’s a  story of a princess betrothed to a boy , but the boy likes her brother, and the princess likes the only lady knight in the kingdom. 🏳️‍🌈 🧡🩷 💚💙

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, War, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, and Gore

gillian_aftanas's review

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Misogyny, Addiction, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Mental illness, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts