Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

11 reviews

cathyo_113's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, and Infertility

juanat77's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Medical content, Cursing, Death, Vomit, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Grief, and Infertility

briannad4's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective

• 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

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

roorooreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This was enjoyable but it didn't wow me. It felt much more women's fiction than romance. I did greatly enjoy Eve's pregnancy journey but the deep feelings in the romance that I was being told was there was not felt (at least by me). It was sweet but not wowing or swoon inducing. The audiobook was very well narrated, the voice actor put a lot of emotion and thoigh into how she portrayed all the characters. I also enjoyed thay Eve was basically narrating the story as a stream of consciousness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

beccaand's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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 have never felt more seen by a line from a book than this one: "Everybody had better stop touching me or I'm going to start spin-kicking well-meaning men." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Infertility, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.0

I selected this as one of my Book of the Month picks.
"Ready or Not" follows Eve Hatch as she is forced to make some big changes to her comfortable life. Eve is pretty content with how her life is going, until she gets a surprise: following a one night stand she finds out she is pregnant. Now she must decide how a baby will fit into her world. This is complicated when her best friend, Willa, who has been struggling with infertility for years, is not as supportive as Eve needs. Eve ends up leaning a lot on Shep, Willa's older brother, and learning that she might have had her person in front of her all along.
I thought this was such a fun story about learning about yourself and discovering what you want. Eve was not planning to get pregnant, and she is initially shocked and scared by the news. But throughout her pregnancy she learns so much about herself and what she really wants out of life, and because of this baby, she takes the steps to better herself and pursue what she really wants out of life.
I think the conversations surrounding pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy, expectations, and being a single parent were all insightfully done. People will not always react how you expect them to, and Eve faced some interesting social hurdles with her big news. She felt so alone, and I think a lot of people can relate to that. I also think there is great conversation about finding your people, and how you are never truly alone if you have friends.
Shep is such a great guy, and I loved seeing how much he has always cared for Eve. He really believes in her and has supported her for all the years that he has known her. I loved that they had so much history together as friends, because it made their connection feel all the more genuine.
I had a great time with this book, and I look forward to reading more from Cara Bastone in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

geekybobbin's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility, Terminal illness, and Miscarriage

fireflyhollow's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcohol, Medical content, Death of parent, Infertility, and Cancer

Minor: Vomit

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexual content, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

taliafranks's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is exquisite and while the main characters are all cishet passing the text is careful to use relatively gender neutral language regarding pregnancy and includes brief representation of a nonbinary pregnant person and uses gender neutral pronouns for them, and when discussing the sex of the baby makes reference to how while they may learn the sex of the child at birth they won’t know the child’s gender until they are old enough to tell people themself. It’s very refreshing. The romance was super cute and overall it was just a really thoughtful book about an unexpected circumstance that turns out well for everyone involved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Infertility

Moderate: Death of parent, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexism

The main character gives birth on-screen so to speak, but it is not described in extreme detail. One of the characters is in an emotionally abusive and manipulative relationship for a significant portion of the book.