Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer

5 reviews

alinn0904's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

1.5

I know that there are different books for different people but this really was not for me. I know books can make us feel all the feels but this one was really very depressing almost all the way through. I gave 1.5 stars rather than 1 because it did have me hoping for Salem and Thayer there for a bit. I saw there is a book 2 but I have no desire to put myself through stuff like that again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Terminal illness, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Death, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

kiahmarieee's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Child abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy

readingwithlyss's review

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

khloereads86's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I really didn’t feel anything from this book. Usually with a good romance book I catch myself smiling at their interactions or swooning over something the mmc says to her, but I never felt that here. It’s not even the age gap so much that I would have a problem with if I had felt like the characters actually really connected at all, but they didn’t seem to. The whole drama with Caleb seemed a bit ridiculous, and I don’t understand why she wouldn’t just break up with him instead of cheating. I thought it was ok enough for maybe 3 stars until the last 10% of the book, and now I’m not even sure I want to give it even this. 

What kind of book uses a child’s death so lightly? As a plot device to cause problems in the relationship?! I was honestly a little disgusted that this was where the author went with it. Then Thayer and Caleb fighting made me roll my eyes. That final plot twist of “oh look, I’m pregnant!” finally put the nail in the coffin.

It honestly just felt like the author threw as much drama and tragedy into the book as possible

• Abusive father who died of cancer
• Mother gets cancer
• Sister’s toxic relationship
• Cheating on Caleb
• Forrest’s death
• More Caleb vs Thayer drama
• Accidental pregnancy

and hoped it would work. I wish I dnf’d, and I definitely won’t be reading the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child death, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

The age gap (18W & 31M) was hard for me to read. She could’ve been 20 with equally high stakes I feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence