Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander

2 reviews

sage_alexandra's review

funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Blood, Dysphoria, Excrement, Biphobia, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Ableism

I only gave it 4 stars because I'm not a huge fan of reading queer fiction that isn't "anyone who is queer is established as such from the get go."

I hated that for the first 150 pages, the enby character was being misgendered by everyone bc they hadn't come out yet.

tmkutawrites's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical content, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Abandonment, Biphobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Ableism and Vomit

The romance was cute. Speaking as a nonbinary person, it was exhausting

listening to Simone whine about Ray's new pronouns--

I get it, it's realistic, I have heard it a million times about my own. Transphobia from the POV MC in a f/x romance really threw me out of it and just made me hate Simone. Also if you are going to very clearly base a book off the BA Test Kitchen and then only kiiiind of address the scandal but not resolve any of the issues called out in said scandal.... yeah. I wish the ended had been further draw out; I love a good slow burn but this didn't feel like it resolved itself satisfyingly. While this book did a good job of juggling all the plot lines, sometimes I think it could have done with one less. This being said, I think Ray is adorable and Luna is too good for Simone. The pining was delicious.