Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

168 reviews

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense 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

4.5

Tropes:

• Small town
• Forced proximity
• One bed
• Single parent
• Sister's best friend

Themes:

• Estranged family
• Second chances 
• Healing from grudges

Spice - Medium
3-4 explicit sex scenes

Representation
Lesbian MC, bi MC, bi supporting characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Abandonment, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Grief

levesc17's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

This is such a rich romance book! The MC, Delilah, has a lot from her childhood to unpack and a timely romance is the conduit for it. I wished the book was longer but I’m already devouring the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

kay_w's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Bullying, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Classism

princessrory's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Misogyny, Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Terminal illness, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Cancer, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

aishaniramachandran's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

toxic relationship is not between the two main characters, nor the sexism or misogyny

sxndaze's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

3.5

it’s a sweet and pretty fluffy sapphic romance! i’m not a fan of the miscommunication trope though and this had it in spades with multiple relationships.

i wish we got to explore delilah and astrid’s relationship more and how that grows, but that’s probably what the other books in the series are for. i do really like the banter from the characters though and the chemistry was good! the first half was addicting and the second half dragged a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

isacarvalho91's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

boop123's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.0

This was a great little fluffy read. It was so nice to see two women fall in love. 

At times the book was a little cringey or cliche and sometimes the characters were a bit immature but I think it’s because they had a lot of unresolved trauma. I really liked Iris and Delilah’s back and forth banter. It was nice to see how these ladies’ relationships developed. The sex scenes were very beautiful and well-written. I did feel like sometimes the author over emphasized their queerness and feminism to the point where the sentence was a little awkward or cringey.

All in all a very cute read. I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy and Bullying

readwithria's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care was the queer love story I didn’t know I needed.

This book is so good! The queer joy, the family dynamics, the cute relationship vibes, the TRUST! Delilah Green absolutely cares about so many things and so many people, and seeing her flourish was so lovely and heartwarming.

Read this book if you love
💜 Sapphic romance
💜 found family
💜 only one bed
💜 grumpy/sunshine
💜 single parent
💜 strong female friendship

This was my first time reading a single parent romance and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it! It’s definitely made me more open to other single parent books in the future.

I will definitely be reading the rest of the Bright Falls books. 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Blood, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, and Cancer