Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer

7 reviews

jenniferbbookdragon's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

Thank you Jean Metzler for writing about chronic pain in a very real way that balances the impact on daily life, major problems with how the medical community diagnoses and treats patients,  and the ways to live a meaningful life with the pain. The parallels between Avital's pain and Ethan's family trauma creates a relationship between equals, and the exploration of the Jewish teachings on sex and marriage makes me wish Rabbi Jason taught all sexuality education classes.
Kissing Kosher combines well developed characters,  including engaging secondary characters,  and descriptive language that allows the reader to step into the Best Babka in Brooklyn bakery. I could almost taste the delicious treats and smell the challah baking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism and Fire/Fire injury

vagaybond's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, and Child abuse

ashs_ephemera's review

funny 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

2.0

Wow, that was. interesting! I don’t read romances often, so I may be biased, but this was not a very well-written book. The entire second half is basically just a long advert for medical marijuana (which is fine, but it was NOT marketed that way) and the editing gets poorer and poorer as the book goes on. Towards the end there are repeat sentences and paragraphs, as well as grammatical issues, and the ending felt extremely rushed. Also, pork is not kosher, but the author continually makes reference to kosher pork products such as bacon and ham hocks, which I found extremely strange as the author is Jewish, writing a book about a Jewish characters in a kosher bakery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism and Ableism

katrinaward's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Chronic illness

amphytrite's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Ableism, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use

chasingpages1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Drug use

Moderate: Confinement, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Mental illness

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Ableism, and Death of parent