Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable

12 reviews

marslotus's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

I really really love the theme throughout this novel of misremembering formative events, such a real thing that can happen so often. I also love how imperfect Amanda is, a coming out story doesn't have to be innocent and the complexity of her relationships is so compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Outing, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content

bobabunnie's review

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

accurate messy queer teen high school drama (source: i also went to catholic school in morristown nj)

my only complaints are that the ending seemed to be concluding for forever, and a couple of jokes in places that didn’t seem fitting— but otherwise, good story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Outing, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Domestic abuse

clemrain's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

Expressive art, underdeveloped and overwhelming story.

The first third of the book was painful to get through. The second third picked up. And the last third sped through everything.

It took me a month to finish this, and that included me pushing through the first hundred pages over three days, not reading it for a month and completing the rest of the book slowly over two hours.

There was just a lot going on in this story and it would’ve been much better if the story arc spanned volumes instead of just pages of one volume.

I did not enjoy the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Death of parent, Biphobia, Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Sexual content

marshiereads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Outing, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Hate crime

pinkupengu's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Deadnaming, Outing, Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

Disrespectful representation on trans individual

robinks's review

emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

Overall, I liked the story and the illustrations. I did not like a lot of the main characters, and this story affirmed my dislike of organized religion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Outing, Sexism, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Dysphoria and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

hexenlibrarian's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Religious bigotry, Death, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

wynterwonderland's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual content

arlangrey17's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Vomit

kaitlyn_ann's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

I really enjoyed this, but I found it quite slow in some parts, but found the ending to be incredibly rushed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Deadnaming

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse