Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander

6 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.

charlottiec's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Transphobia, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

mollyrook's review

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense slow-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: Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Biphobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

kleinekita's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Medical content, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia

Minor: Biphobia and Racism

jourdanicus's review against another edition

informative lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

I liked a lot about this book, but it started to lose me in the middle when it felt like the story turned into a Gender 101 lesson. I appreciate that other readers new to understanding the gender spectrum might need that information, but I wanted more from the characters.

It didn't feel very believable that Simone would have such difficulty using they/them pronouns after having had a transgender roommate for 5 years who she basically paid in baked goods to school her in what it's like to be trans/nb. Even if she was a Luddite without a single social media account... And apparently zero social life.

Also, I'm a bit of an impatient romance reader, so the slow burn here was a little too slow for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming

Moderate: Transphobia, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Alcohol

uranaishi's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Body shaming, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Outing, Racism, Car accident, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting