Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Aftermath by L.A. Witt

9 reviews

sheenamy's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Witt seems to have a pattern with those books (I've read Underdog before) . Two characters get into a situationship and while they act like they're in a relationship and almost immediately progress from the initial 'I can't handle more than casual' to 'I want this to be a committed relationship' you get like 250 pages of inferiority complex from both sides until they get their heads out of their asses and communicate.
Which makes books with under 350 pages just feel very long and drawn out. 
There characters are sweet as pie, but boy did they annoy me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Ableism

kj468's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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

4.25

Really really good book. I loved both of the MCs; they both had excellent journeys in the book (Brent with reinventing himself after hockey and John finding himself after divorce). I loved seeing a bi man who married a woman & when he married her, everyone knew he was bi.

The communication between the MCs and their inner dialogue were two of the best parts in the book. The author really dived into their thoughts and emotions, and they seemed so realistic for the circumstances they were both in.

Brent’s journey with his chronic pain was wonderful. I loved seeing a character with chronic pain in such detail, hearing how the pain affected him both mentally and physically. I thought this rep was excellent.

John had a compelling journey too, even thought I got annoyed with a major action of his in the third act.
Still, I could understand why he was doing the annoying thing and it felt very human. The way he apologized for the annoying thing was too notch though. 

The ex wife character bothered me a little — partially because she sucked, and partially because she fell into the stereotype of mean ex wife. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Infertility

whatslreading's review

hopeful

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Minor: Mental illness

20sidedbi's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Infertility, and Toxic relationship

readingsugar's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Infidelity

tragicgloom's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, and Infidelity

chambersaurusrx's review

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

kharlan3's review against another edition

(m/m, contemporary, romance). This may be my favorite one so far. A recently divorced bi massage therapist single dad meets a former professional hockey player recovering from catastrophic injuries with ED. Dogs!! I liked Jon’s refusal to find Brent a burden, and the abusive/manipulative dad storyline was effective. I really liked the creative sex and journey around that. The best part was obviously them adopting the dogs, duh. There was some weirdness with this audiobook- the narrator for Jon was oddly quiet/solemn on the chapter names, and there was one moment of what sounded like strange re-records on a Brent chapter. Only a little distracting though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty and Alcohol

moatzilla's review

challenging medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, and Grief