Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

84 reviews

feliciavanleeuwen's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

After finishing this book I wrote a thank/love letter to the writer on twitter. Here is it;
Dear @TaliaHibbert, in the last years I dreaded reading but I've never cried, laughed, blushed and been aroused as much as by Chloe & Red's story. At times I couldn't believe I wasn't reading my own thoughts. As painfull as that was, it was amazing too.
Somehow I thought it was a good idea to start reading the book on a family vacation. The times I had to explain my laughing and crying were answered with happiness. The times I had to put down the book, look at my friend and say "this is to spicy to read here": uncountable.
It was the first time reading my symptoms like this, the things I go though on the daily, yet they weren't mine. Some moments it was scary how much Chloe's fibro and mine are alike, not only the physical but also the mental & social implications.
We differ in the fact that my ADHD makes me do a tad bit to much spontaneous things nowadays. Whoever put an adhd brain in a chronically fatigued body is definitely a fan of torture. Still, the ever protecting part of my brain is there. Like Chloe's.
And all these tweets don't even cover, can't even cover, how much I love the little lines about Red loving Chloe's belly. Or how Red, in his looks & wit, is exactly my type. And how some scenes are written inspire me to continue my own writing.*
You might not even read all of this, as your account is an updates account, yet I just have to write. Thank you for this book. Thank you for the characters. The only thing I'm sad about is that I'll never be able to read for the first time again.
Oh and that I'm allergic to most if not all cats. I miss my cat at my parents and want my own smudge. Though I prefer not to rescue them from tree. I'm sure I'll find my Red(s), he/she/they, one day. Sadly my building doesn't have a superintendent. Love, Felicia

*on twitter I didn't specify which scenes but here I will say it were the more spicy ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Classism

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Spoilers, not to many details

The book is about Chloe, a black plus size woman with fibromyalgia, who has been abandoned by people in the past because of here illness. She meets Red, a man that is dealing with the aftermath of being in an abusive relationship, who is/was an artist but now is the superintendent of her building. It's a bit of a haters to lovers Trope but not in a way you'd expect.

At times the book was hard to read as it was the first time I saw my exact symptoms reflected in someone else, a fictional character that isn't the comedic relief but is the love interest and seen as attractive. It confronted me, I cried and laughed and was aroused. It was beautiful.

mayajouy's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this book a lot, i thought the characters were lovely and so was the plot. The love between the main characters was to die for. this book was also informative, which i loved, giving us all a perspective of dating with chronic illness. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness and Chronic illness

gabyhat's review against another edition

emotional funny 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Chronic illness

Minor: Car accident and Mental illness

alibookedup's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

I liked the chronic pain rep and the male being abused in relationship rep. I think this book had a lot of good commentary and representation in general for “just being a romance book”.

I really liked how Red and Chloe played off each other — from cute nicknames like Button, to their abilities to mess with one another, to the perfect amount of spice.

It didn’t get 5 stars bc I am now an annoyingly picky romance reader. I think there could’ve been more side character interaction than there was instead of just Red and Chloe all the time. I get why (because they both were hiding), but still. There was still the breakup moment which is getting old in romances but I did like how Talia Hibbert used this moment to have the characters do some internal retrospective work regarding their traumas —that was actually refreshing. Lastly, sometimes the romance seemed a LITTLE too fast for my taste but still it was enemies to lovers so I’m here for that. 

Overall a really cute romance that I found myself smiling and laughing at often. And definitely happy with the amount of spice wow. Definitely going to read about the other Brown sisters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Racism

fanboyriot's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

It started out really promising, I liked the characters nearly instantly.  Then a few chapters in, not as much.  Some of the conflict seemed a bit dramatic, in a way that could have been easily solved.  It was kinda weird to read because at first it seemed like a YA but then all of a sudden there was spice.  Which is fine but it was just boring and when they got together it was like all the chemistry they had left out the window.  It had another white cis man being too emotional without knowing the full story because of his own insecurities.  I know he had past trauma but so did Chloe and she didn’t jump to conclusions so quickly without being mature about the whole situation of him finding out he was on her list.  Kinda ruined the book for me tbh.  So I just have mixed feelings.  I liked some parts of it but I also disliked some parts of it.

Plus Sized MC 
Switching POV
Chronically ill MC
Light Enemies to Lovers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Cursing, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Gaslighting, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

amre23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Ableism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Drug use, and Violence

midnightbelles's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

This was really cute. The beginning was a little dry but once I got into it I couldn’t stop reading. Their whole relationship was really sweet and the epilogue was even sweeter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Ableism, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Physical abuse

rachelmerrie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

I think I’m burnt out on romcoms with an aggressive amount of sex/masturbating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness and Chronic illness

efortier's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

The writing style is exhausting to pay attention to, honestly. I’ve seen better written books. 

Overall, the plot centers around the building of a relationship between two characters that happens over the course of two weeks. It’s an unhealthy start, an unhealthy middle, and I guess they live happily ever after, but..,it didn’t sit very well with me. It romanticized an emotionally charged and reckless relationship.

Some may find it enjoyable. If that’s your kind of book, I guess it’s okay. I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend it to my friends and family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Classism, and Chronic illness

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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: Sexual content, Cursing, Medical content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Classism, and Drug use

Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Car accident