Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Chase by Elle Kennedy

17 reviews

thereadingpan's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.25

I thought it really sketch that one of the main boys was throwing around a form of the r-slur while a main plot point was the main character having a learning disability??

Also the ONLY (literally single character who had dialogue) non white character was demonized and made into a prejudiced douche.

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readbyjaimes's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.5

POV: You’re in love with Fitzy and Summer at the same exact time.

I thought this book was so so cute. I absolutely adore summer I think she’s the cutest thing EVER. I really appreciated seeing her struggle with her ADHD and made me feel better about my own. Fitzy is the sweetest man and so hot, like hello???

My brain goes caveman on me.
Summer scream.
Summer danger.
Save summer.

I’m in love with this man.
My TW/CW:

Sexual Assault:
a side character has an attempted sexual assault, summer stops it before anything too serious happens
Sexual Harassment:
Summer is sexually harassed by her professor
Ableism:
Summer is treated badly by her academic advisor for her ADHD, and she has some self deprecating internal dialogue but she grows and learns to accept herself ♡

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cluckieduck's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

At first, I was being a total Fitz and taking Summer at surface level - so much so that I considered stoping at about 10%. Then I realized that was unfair, so I gave it a few more chapters and ended up really enjoying Summer as the MFC. Her struggles with ADHD were handled really well and I appreciated the attempt to show her adaptation to alternate learning methods.

However, while I ended up enjoying probably the first 80%, the last 20% just tanked - everything moved at light speed and it all got wrapped up with a pretty bow much too quickly.

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shebke_21's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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alaynatabor's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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jasminel14's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

The relationship was cute, but the ableism? The white woman feminism? Those weren’t cute. It made the book quite unbearable at times, to be honest.

(Reread: still 100% agree with all of the above. wanted to try a refresh though because that audiobook clip was making its rounds again)

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risseandshine's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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