Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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56 reviews

marlene27's review

adventurous funny informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

spice level 1/5. this book was so good it had me squealing and kicking my feet, it was so good. Graeme is so dreamy and Henley is the definition of girl boss all the characters are lovable. such a good read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Domestic abuse

disastereverafter's review

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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

reading_withphoebe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit

bentobookdragon11's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

divine529's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

I'm obsessed with this book. Everything about this resonated with me and I loved every second of it. It's been a long time since I read a book I didn't want to put down, and this book fit that bill perfectly. 

As much as I love romance plots, I don't read many books from that genre and I find that I can be picky. This book checked every box for me. 

This follows our main protagonist, Henley Rose Evans, a 20 year-old who works for a cruise company in the marketing department. She's incredibly driven and eternally stressed out and is up for a promotion. The problem? Her incredibly irritating and good-looking co-worker Graeme is also up for promotion, and Henley will do everything she can to beat him. In the meantime, Henley's sister Walsh is also in town unexpectedly. They all end up going on a cruse to the Galapagos and things kind of go from there. 

I couldn't put this book down. From the writing, fun plot and fantastic and relatable characters, it just really resonated with me. Henley and Graeme's whole relationship arc was fantastic and I can see myself in both of the characters in various ways. I adore them both so much. The backdrop of the cruise was also delightful and I loved getting to visit the Galapagos in this. The themes and topics explored were also great: climate change, ecotourism, sexism in the corporate world, harsh judgement when you don't know a person, abusive relationships...all explored in a very poignant way. 

All in all, a fantastic read and one I'll definitely reread in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Cursing

apolen's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

vj_thompson's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

3.5

Overall I really enjoy the story, the plot, and longing romance. I did feel like the author focused a lot on the cruise portion; the Galapagos facts and such. The characters fell flat. The romance portion seemed normal, like the beginning of a relationship. The third act conflict was normal and the ending of the book was cute. This is also a clean romance; no sex scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Animal death

hopestremmel06's review

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-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

4.5

I really liked this book and it had me hooked from the start. It was easy to read and I love the enemies to lovers trope. the only thing I did not like was the scene leading up to them having sex, but they never did have it because of an interruption. It was a little too detailed and went too far for my taste. I also did not like that they said the f word many times in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent

gingerpuff's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was very light, but had both work and romantic plot lines. I didn't feel very invested in the characters personal or professional story lines. Would be a good vacation read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse

deetabz's review

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Death of parent