Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler

6 reviews

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is one of the rare times when I don't know what particularly was bothering me about the book, but I just didn't click with it like I tend to with rom-coms. I thought the plot was a fun idea and I liked the main characters. I love a man who loves his dog. However, I don't know if it was the pacing or the dialog but even listening to the audiobook I was never motivated to continue the story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Vomit

The FMC does get left behind at one point and the resulting feelings do get discussed. One of the primary settings of this book is the MMC's bar, which means you'll see alcohol and the results of drinking too much as well as bar fights and injuries from various exploits. Sexual content while semi detailed in what is written, is fade to black/primarily implied. Animal cruelty has to deal with the fact that tourists don't understand how to properly interact with wildlife.

ohheyitskaitlin's review

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

I might (emphasis on might) have given this book a higher rating, but the author uses highly fatphobic language frequently throughout the book when describing characters (not as a theme of the book or from one character describing another).

I listed ‘sexual content’ as a minor content warning, but any sex-related scenes are fade-to-black. 

The book has a lot of cute moments and is

a Happily Ever After

but doesn’t really earn it and is ultimately unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Confinement, Car accident, Grief, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Violence

amberinpieces's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Vomit

Minor: Classism, Body shaming, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

jenn_reads's review

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Classism, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

readwithde's review

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Sexual content, and Vomit

kfmcf's review

adventurous funny hopeful slow-paced

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

2.25

This book is slow and I had to plow through it for a library deadline which was tough. The plot aspects of the book aren't horribly interesting but the characters are cute.  This...isn't really what I mean when I say character over plot, though. The plot aspects seemed like they were sandwiched in (namely the tourism and excursions). However, I enjoyed learning about the town and life there.
This book did my two least favorite things, though, and when they're put together it makes me want to tear my hair out.

this book just ENDS in the most egregious fashion with NO EPILOGUE. So Zoey is supposed to get on a plane back to Chicago, Graham runs back to her and then she's just like 'I'm staying!' And thats...it. It ends. Um. Hello? That leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Also...they've known each other for two weeks. I know that there is a lot of trust built and companionship but that is just...a lot of suspension of disbelief.

I'm not going to run out to read the sequels. I don't like Lana very much as a character (I'm sorry, but what person from Chicago speaks like that), but I like Easton so I may skip the second and go to the third if anything. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Vomit