Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

105 reviews

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Medical content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

winterdelight's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

23/6/2023 edit: was going through my annotations and i remember how much i got enjoyment from my overall reading experience. so I just had to bump my rating to 4.75 ✨

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“...Despite all my rules, that memory just shared itself. I wasn’t a sharer. I didn’t even share things with nonclients. Especially not painful things. But I suddenly understood why people did it. It felt like relief. It felt like dipping your feet in cool water on a hot day.”

Wow. It has been so long since I stayed so late reading a book. Like until 8am lmao
And now I'm running on 6 hours sleep 🥲

I was a bit worried at the first when I started it because I was finding it a little bit hard to engage with the story (my head is full of images of my beloved Nine that when the author described Jack Stapleton having "shaggy hair" and then grinning, I immediately thought of Nine my way to). Thankfully the writing and MC's POV was easy to digest and pretty funny (which is slightly similar to how Rick Riordan wrote PJO/Percy's sarcasm wit). That immersed me quickly to the detriment of my sleeping hours, that is lol.

The last arc conflict felt anticlimactic that's why I took off a few stars from my rating.

4.25 ✨ 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Infidelity

amy_reads_stuff's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

carlaah1984's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-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

3.5

Completely what you would expect in the most charming way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt

samchase112's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

3.5

SO much better than I ever expected! A ton of fun, a believable romance, and delightful characters. The fact that I can still remember parts while writing this review about… six months later is a testament to how much I enjoyed it. What more could you want?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death

Moderate: Grief

christygsp's review against another edition

Too slow to start. Not a fan of grief as a big character focus. Felt meh about it so didn’t continue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

bethrb's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

This was silly fun, but Bratz/fashion dolls did not deserve the stray criticism they got here! 

Everything about those dolls and

Kennedy

felt so... 2010's feminism.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Self harm, Classism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

caffeinatedbookdragon'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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

cactus_kerry's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content

books_hello's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense medium-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

3.5

Overall the book was good. The two main characters were cute. Personally found it to spicy. But I liked to banter and emotional parts.

Warnings
There is mention of:

• greif
• alcoholism
• domestic violence <a boyfriend hits his girlfriend, a child here's it> 
• Violence
• Fake relationship
• Cursing (F bombs, sh*t, among others)

Spice warning

• No sex scene, <but implied once>
• Making out <the main characters make out twice with detail>
• <Two characters sleep in the same bed. Nothing happens>
• The main character slightly implies some things in conversation 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Cancer, Alcoholism, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Domestic abuse