Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Deal by Elle Kennedy

3 reviews

auntierarareads's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

_meganrose's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Obviously not a literary masterpiece, but I had fun reading this. Typical hockey romance, but it touched on a handful of deeper topics that made it more dynamic than your typical surface-level-lighthearted-romance read. 

Most of the time with sports-related romance books, I only read the first book in the series and move on. But I honestly will probably continue on with the series (or at least give the second book a shot). Heck, I stayed up until 4:30am on a Tuesday morning to finish it, so that counts for something.

Quick read and the writing is easy to follow. Good palate cleanser between my typical complex fantasy, literary, or historical fiction reads.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

lilyyyy_b's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

one character (Hannah) was raped and doesnt like drinking in public as doesnt trust she wont get raped again. the other main character (Garrett) looks after her drinks to make sure shes ok. she went to therapy afterwards, also sees someone who testified against her saying shed given consent.