Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Blindsided by Amy Daws

7 reviews

ronnieex's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, Death, and Cancer

Minor: Abandonment, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

kb33's review

lighthearted fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

I loved the obvious friendship between Freya and Mac, and we get to see so much of it. Dialogue and banter were pretty good. I didn’t care for the name calling and smacks to the arm/chest that Freya kept giving Mac. I also didn’t like that they were cruel to each other in the 3rd act breakup, that made it lose half a star for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Grief and Death

coacklebee's review

emotional funny reflective relaxing 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

3.25

Thoroughly enjoyed! Laughed out loud a lot, and found some passages particularly inspiring. However, had a lot of moments where I felt like I had missed something--I thought it was a standalone, but I'm wondering if it is truly part of a series? And I wish the characters had yelled, shrieked, and bellowed slightly less. It began to feel a bit over the top. Still, very cute and funny read with a plus-size heroine, which was exactly what I was hoping it would be.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Cancer, Alcohol, Body shaming, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Cursing

Minor: Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

marcelas_'s review

emotional funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicide attempt

nutm3g's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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

2.0

I decided to read this on a whim to help get myself out of a short reading slump, and while it did the job it isn't really a book I would recommend to another. It was cute, funny, sexy, and entertaining at times; however, it just didn't sit right with me that the plus-sized protagonist really came into her self worth after getting the attention of her fit and best friend. There were just a lot of components that made me think a read through from a sensitivity reader might have done this book a whole world of good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death, and Eating disorder

smazzeo96's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt

honeycomb98's review

emotional

• 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Grief and Terminal illness