Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

29 reviews

supermormongirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

One of the best books I’ve ever read- excellent plot twists, charming setting, strong characters, incredible main characters with amazing witty banter, LGBT+ representation (supporting characters), iconic Bestiehood, insightful, inspiring, heartbreaking, and hopeful all at once! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Cursing, Misogyny, and Murder

shaleen64's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

4.0

A 4 star read simply for giving me the ending I’d hoped for, and the ending the characters deserved. The characters are well developed, diverse, relatable and lovable. The book covers romantic love, platonic love and family love. A cheesy romance for a couple laughs, a couple of tears, even a few twists and a whole heap of love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content and Car accident

nym1013's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Medical content

h4ppycupcake's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

A sweet book that looks a little closer at death and how it fits into our lives. The romance was quirky in a charming way, once it got off the ground. Initially the interaction between the two main characters didn’t make a ton of sense to me (kissing for no reason in an alley???) but once the FMC went to her hometown the relationship made much more sense. Overall I liked it a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

julessssss's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

consider this DEVOURED

I loved it

and even though there were a few romance-trope things that normally tick me off, they were done so well that I wasn't even slightly annoyed, like not even at all (and that is saying something for me)

and the ending!

even though I had wished that he stayed dead and their relationship didn't go much farther than that, I did not find myself that upset that he lived. at least he did not wake up madly in love with her at the hospital

as much as it is very much a romance book, Poston was able to bring a real-life feel to it as well that I have not seen in many rom-coms I have read

very much would recommend, 10/10, boots the house down yass 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Medical content, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

This book hit me in the feels. There was so much discussion about grief and living your life, and it made the romance into a slightly smaller plot in comparison. I love these characters and while I wish there was more to the romance, it was written very “show don’t tell” which still connected with me. I am all on board for Florence and Benji! I anticipated the plot twist early on and kept reading hoping and praying that I was right lol. So much meaning in how these characters navigated grief and learned to love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Medical content

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

carla20's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

wilybooklover's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

2.5

This had such an interesting premise, but sadly didn’t live up to my expectations. There was so much potential here for fun ghost interactions and swoony romance, but it seemed to get overshadowed by the family/ex drama, funeral plans, and lots of talk about grief. The setup was so delightfully weird, and I just wish it had delved into the seeing ghosts aspect more. I would’ve loved more detail around the murder that Florence solved as a teen, for example. The plot seemed very chaotic and bounced from one thing to the other without giving the characters time to breathe, and despite being labelled a romcom, I thought it was more cringe than funny. I think the scene where she forgives her former bully is supposed to show growth and maturity or whatever but it honestly just made my soul leave my body in second-hand mortification. Not to mention that she calls coffee zoom zoom juice. Zoom zoom juice. 

I did really like Ben, he was very sweet (to the extent that I didn’t understand Florence’s initial antagonism towards him). Loved the pining when he’s a ghost and they can’t touch no matter how much they want to. Their first kiss scene before he becomes a ghost did bother me; you can’t just go around suddenly kissing people who have expressed zero indication of interest without asking or at least giving them time to pull away first, especially if you work with them. It’s one thing if they had been flirting or something first but it literally came out of nowhere and it’s never mentioned again in the rest of the book.

And it was so odd and unbelievable that Florence just went off to finish writing the book for three months before going to see Ben after he woke up from his coma.

 

Oh, and they’re not gauges — they’re plugs, or tunnels. Gauge is a measurement of the thickness, not a type of jewellery. A minor pet peeve. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical content and Infidelity

clairew97's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Sexual content