Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

76 reviews

sariereads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Grief, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship

bettinab's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

While I'm not usually big into pregnancy stories, I picked this up on a whim because of the good reviews and the very pretty cover. And it made for a charming read. The main characters are perfectly lovable, there's some realistic layering in the story itself going on and while it's a happy-ever-after, it's a different kind of format than maybe assumed* (spoiler below). The writing is fluid, quite fast-paced, humor sprinkled in. The only criticism I have is that the Eve-Willa relationship was underdeveloped, particularly the consequences of Eve's pregnancy on Willa and their relationship. While mentioned early on, seemingly being a major issue, it only got a few brief mentions - more could've probably been done with that.


* Spoiler: 

I certainly very much appreciated that Ethan didn't one day show up serenading Eve and randomly professing his undying love out of nowhere. So thank you Cara for not going with that tired trope.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage

jakirby's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

markedwithanm's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Infertility

sketchjester's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infertility, and Death of parent

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

lilehmoo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, and Miscarriage

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

litbrett's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy