Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

24 reviews

sea_sea's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I thought this was going to be a cute romcom, but it was so much sadder T-T… 
The book was still absolutely amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

martob's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

This was so far from what i expected this book to be, but also far better then i thought it could ever be! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

siena_reads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

raindrops333's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content and Medical trauma

dcnarvaez's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

5.0

A truly unexpected gem, I did not expect to find such an amazing book in kindle unlimited but I'm glad I read this intricate story with an amazing underlying romance. 6 stars✨ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Infidelity

sophie42's review

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

youbelongwithmira's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sapphic_alpaca's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

alisonchen's review against another edition

emotional sad

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Perhaps I just don’t like this genre, but this book follows fanfic tropes beat-by-beat, which felt repetitive. The main problem is that I didn’t like the characters. Penny is insufferable and Tate is long-suffering; I honestly couldn’t tell why she liked Penny so much. I liked their friends, but side characters can’t make up for an annoying first-person POV. I skim-read through most of the family troubles and traumatic backstory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ali1311's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book was not really what I expected but I loved it! It was very emotional and deeply about mother-daughter relationships as much as it was about romance. It was a really interesting story of womanhood and woman relationships (in truly all aspects). My biggest note is that the ending felt a bit unfinished, mostly between the friends! I want to know what happened with them in the end and a little more of a wrap up for Anna would've been nice too. But overall I was very pleasantly surprised by this book and it tugged on my heartstrings a LOT. Also there should def be trigger warnings at the beginning of this book so I will add them to this review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma