Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Block Shot by Kennedy Ryan

12 reviews

jennaxbakos's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Cancer, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent

shania_siobhan's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Chronic illness and Fatphobia

Minor: Death of parent

sarahsbookstacks's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Almost DNFd because of the blatant fatphobia and perpetuating diet culture. 

Also jared sucks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Cancer

lifeofmavsgirl's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Body shaming, and Bullying

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Chronic illness and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent

jonezzzing's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Cursing

Moderate: Body shaming and Grief

psydneigh's review

challenging emotional fast-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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It felts so real and grounded to me. Also theres a bonus epilogue that is a must read! On to the next one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

sarah_thebooknerd's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I knew going into this book how this couple gets together and that helped me because I would have DNFd it otherwise. I also went in knowing about fat shaming and diet culture being a big part of pieces in this book. 

I struggled with Jared, he was possessive which is fine but it was borderline just obsession and I didn’t get outside of the sex where he really connected at first. I think by the end I saw it but I wish there had been some more relationship build. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Medical content, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

twilmore's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-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: Body shaming, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Chronic illness

dlrosebyh's review

emotional 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

1.0

the first part of the book before the cheating trope was entertaining. i was rooting for the couple because i’m a sucker for enemies to lovers and second chance romances.

however, after the cheating incident, the story went downhill. kennedy ryan should have had made the second chance romance better without the cheating trope.

not only that, but the character development was threw out of the window until the last few chapters of the book. banner’s character was very relatable, but i do not tolerate her actions with her former boyfriend. on the other hand, i did not like jared at all. he is your typical egotistical athlete who doesn’t care about anything. oftentimes, he gets into my nerves, especially that he does not communicate properly. he always jumps into conclusions and that frustrated me so bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Cancer, Bullying, and Chronic illness

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content