Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Goal by Elle Kennedy

57 reviews

malisac16's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment and Classism

katelynmill2's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

I’m so sad the off campus series is practically over. I will miss these characters so much. I can still read The Legacy (short stories) and the Briar U series, which I’m happy about.

This series made me fall in love with hockey tbh.

I’ll never forget these books.

I’m so sad it’s over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Alcoholism, and Abortion

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

middle_name_joy's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

tragicgloom's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful relaxing 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

4.0

Once again Elle Kennedy gives us offensive portrayal of queer women and people of color + a solid dose of sexism and reinforcing stupid gender norms.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Classism, Alcoholism, Abortion, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

danaegg's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.75

saur after the semester ended i had no want to read this anymore 😭 especially bc i didnt really care for these characters if we’re comparing them to the rest. but recently ive had a weird bout of baby fever (no comment) and decided to finish this. that being said i definitely sped read through the last 60% of it and especially was just waiting for her to be pregnant. i also think that now that ive read all four i kinda Have to read the epilogue book so if u catch me reading that say nothing. also if u catch me reading summer’s book u didnt see that other. sometimes a girl just needs her trashy romance books okay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault, Abortion, and Alcohol

fremzz's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

abicarp's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

kenzie_simone789's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment and Abortion

kb33's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was not the lighthearted, accidental pregnancy trope read that I expected. It highlighted a lot of the negative things that women experience with an accidental pregnancy, especially doubt, accusations, and cruelty from friends and her boyfriend’s mom. 

Another thing that bothered me was that while Sabrina is very intelligent and hard working, and Tucker is smart enough to take her history of family trauma into account during their relationship, neither of them is smart enough to think that maybe therapy would benefit her, and by extension, their family?? Really?? So many romance tropes include characters with extraordinarily traumatic pasts, and very few of them ever go to therapy to find healthy ways to heal and move on. Please normalize therapy for traumatized characters. 

That said, I liked Tucker and Sabrina. They both cared about each other and only wanted the best for the other, even if they weren’t sure how to get there and weren’t willing to go to therapy, meaning they took the entire novel to admit they love each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Incest, Car accident, and Death

TW/CW: entire pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.

vanessa1982's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion