Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer

3 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

callidoralblack's review

emotional funny lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Child abuse, Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship