Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander

6 reviews

boutofbibliophilia's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming

Minor: Vomit

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.

rickireadss's review against another edition

4.0

i enjoyed this one. i did find the fmc, simone, a little unbearable at times - the story being single pov also made it to where we were only in her perspective the entire book which i didn't like as much. i would have loved to had ray's perspective at least once during the story.

this one is definitely a slooooooow burn, literally up to the last two chapters and then its BOOM. i loved seeing the caretaking of ray by simone after their top surgery - made my heart warm. i am glad what i thought would be a conflict ended up not being it (because it would have kinda been cliché and made my rating lower). i did really like the YouTube cooking video aspect!! also the little old french lady simone looks up to (can't remember her name lol) - LOVED HER SO MUCH!!

⚠️: transphobia, deadnaming (on-page), homophobia, medical content (top surgery + recovery), biphobia, parental abandonment, vomit 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Biphobia and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

maeverose's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

3.5

I was worried based on the synopsis that it would be overly cheesy but it’s really not. It is funny though, and the humor  worked for me. You can tell a trans person wrote this book, they definitely understand trans issues and it’s reflected in the book. I loved the conversations about how trans people shouldn’t be expected to teach cis people everything about gender.

My only complaints are the misunderstanding trope and how long it takes for them to finally get together. I do like how everything played out in the end but it was mild torture having to read Simone constantly convince herself Ray didn’t like her. I just wanted them to make out already. But those are mild complaints, overall I had a good time.

I do want to note that there is a lot of misgendering of Ray throughout the story. For the first half everyone, including the main character uses she/her pronouns for them because they aren’t out yet, then once they do come out the antagonists of the book purposefully misgender them every time they interact, and it’s quite infuriating. So if that’s a trigger for you I’d be prepared for that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Transphobia, Bullying, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Dysphoria, Homophobia, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, and Cursing

Graphic: misgendering, handling of bodily fluids after surgery

anniereads221's review

challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Sexism, Transphobia, Cursing, Medical content, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Blood

Sex toys Top surgery Surgery recovery Kicked out by parents Coming out

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