Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

196 reviews

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

witty and romantic! the first third was a bit slow but the plot and romance kicked in and made it a page turner in the end. a lovely queer historical romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Misogyny, War, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Grief and Sexism

alaris's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

It's not really a gay retelling of Arthurian legend, it's just set in a world where that all truly happened. This was pretty funny and light-hearted and cute and mocking each other for flirting, with a hopeful ending. And I love friendships where there's shortcuts for schemes, like "diversion 1.5." 
I would like another book to update what happens next with these characters and trying to make their England a better place.
The injuries were described in more detail than was maybe necessary, that felt a little out of the blue, but otherwise, fun read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Grief, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cursing, Slavery, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Medical content

kickitupanotch7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, War, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Colonisation, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Classism

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

Can I just tell you how much I love these queer stories coming out?! I just absolutely love that there is this YA version of Camelot basically that is all about how two people destined to be forced to be married are both in love with another person of the same gender! it’s also light hearted and it’s not centered around coming out and they get to confide in each other and it actually has a happily ever after. It was a little cheesy for me but most YA books are and Art is VERY annoying but I loved it and it’s a perfect recommendation for my high school LGBTQIA group to read together😍

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.75

It was rather boring since nothing much happened until the very end. It was a decent read. Wish more plot could have been sprinkled throughout.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Death, Outing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexism, Blood, Alcohol, Classism, and Lesbophobia

alanahcw's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

 Well I am in love. This book is brilliant and hopeful and fun - like a medieval Red, White & Royal Blue

Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Vomit

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, War, Gore, Medical content, Classism, Death, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Skin picking, quite a few vomit scenes but they didn't trigger my emetophobia.

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

4.0

A fun and super cute read! I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump and this was the perfect book to get me out of it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

the_chocolate_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

I'm in awe of this book. Genuinely.  The characters are as real as anything, the relationships feel deliberate and make sense and the writing is spectacular! Gwen, Gabe, Art, Bridget, Agnes and Sidney are spectacularly written and truly wonderful characters. This is my second time reading it and I'm still in great need of a sequel!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Blood