Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni

39 reviews

mattyb's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Hate crime, Car accident, Genocide, Outing, and Xenophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse and Alcohol

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Biphobia, Car accident, Racism, Death of parent, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

fixxon's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

The love interest deserves something more then this shipwreck of a person. She'd be more loved and respected by a pair of crocs, because at least they would not betray her like the main character did. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and War

Minor: Death of parent

madanxiety's review against another edition

4.0

A solid late twenties romance framed by an Armenian American cultural context. Idk, not rly much to say abt it. I didn't find the main character that likeable.

Like only realizing she doesn't love her partner after 6 years is crazy 💀 and then the lack of communication with like everyone in her life. Obviously there'd be no book without these character flaws, but it's just kinda silly like when all the conflict is easily avoidable and derived from poor communication.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Death of parent

Moderate: Genocide and Xenophobia

jordannnnnn's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing tense 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

Minor: Sexism, Genocide, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, War, Racism, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

jane_cs's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Biphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Genocide

lunep's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

2.0

 I liked learning about Armenian culture, and I saw myself in the main character a little bit, but I didn't fall in love with the characters or their romance, I was left feeling very "eh" about it, which makes me sad because I seem to have no luck with sapphic romances.

It was cute, but overall I didn't feel super invested. Nareh stressed me out sometimes, and Erebuni felt too perfect, and the other suitors and some other secondary characters felt like they were designed to be shitty so Erebuni could look like the perfect woman:

-Trevor: misogynist, subconsciously racist/xenophobic, didn't seem to pay attention to the person Nareh actually was and what she liked.
-Raffi: misogynist, self obssesed.
-Arek: ok, nothing wrong with him. But Nareh didn't feel attracted to him (which is fair)
-The engineer guy: makes a joke about how he feels pain by proxy when cutting up an eggplant bc eggplant emoji.
-Artur: misogynist.
-Sako: nothing wrong with him either, just gay.
-Ara: self-obssesed, interrupting Nareh every time she talks.
-Kevork: pedantic.

-Kiki: sexist, very conservative, rude, she believes she's better than everyone.

Also, the cover says "From wingwoman to the woman of her dreams", and the synopsis says "Suddenly, with Erebuni as her wingwoman, the events feel like far less of a chore, and much more of an adventure." but there wasn't much wingwoman-ing, and I expected more overall. It ended up being a just-ok book for me, which again, sad about that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Outing, Alcohol, Biphobia, Genocide, Body shaming, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Classism, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, and Murder

savgulick's review against another edition

emotional 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, Genocide, and Death of parent

dominic_t's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

I loved this book. Nar showed so much personal growth, and I loved her romance with Erebuni. Nar learned to stand up for herself, and I felt like the book did a good job of showing that process. I also learned a ton about Armenian culture. A lot of information about Armenia and Armenian culture  was included organically, and it never felt dry or out of place.

The epilogue was a great ending, but I would totally read another book about these characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Biphobia, Car accident, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexism, and War