Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

23 reviews

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

thewellreadlabrador's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rosereadsalot's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

katrinaward's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity and Injury/Injury detail

wilybooklover's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

2.5

This had such an interesting premise, but sadly didn’t live up to my expectations. There was so much potential here for fun ghost interactions and swoony romance, but it seemed to get overshadowed by the family/ex drama, funeral plans, and lots of talk about grief. The setup was so delightfully weird, and I just wish it had delved into the seeing ghosts aspect more. I would’ve loved more detail around the murder that Florence solved as a teen, for example. The plot seemed very chaotic and bounced from one thing to the other without giving the characters time to breathe, and despite being labelled a romcom, I thought it was more cringe than funny. I think the scene where she forgives her former bully is supposed to show growth and maturity or whatever but it honestly just made my soul leave my body in second-hand mortification. Not to mention that she calls coffee zoom zoom juice. Zoom zoom juice. 

I did really like Ben, he was very sweet (to the extent that I didn’t understand Florence’s initial antagonism towards him). Loved the pining when he’s a ghost and they can’t touch no matter how much they want to. Their first kiss scene before he becomes a ghost did bother me; you can’t just go around suddenly kissing people who have expressed zero indication of interest without asking or at least giving them time to pull away first, especially if you work with them. It’s one thing if they had been flirting or something first but it literally came out of nowhere and it’s never mentioned again in the rest of the book.

And it was so odd and unbelievable that Florence just went off to finish writing the book for three months before going to see Ben after he woke up from his coma.

 

Oh, and they’re not gauges — they’re plugs, or tunnels. Gauge is a measurement of the thickness, not a type of jewellery. A minor pet peeve. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity and Medical content

pinkfloydian's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

carodonahue's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

A very sweet and—despite being about ghosts—realistic look at loss, love, and life events. This isn’t strictly a romance, but the romance found within the pages is tender and charming and at times, a little sad and a little bleak. But that’s what makes it feel so real. The writing reminded me of Beth O’Leary meets Sally Thorne. 

In a word, this story was unexpected. I was expecting more of a cute paranormal romance, but that’s not really what it was. I was expecting it to go in many different directions than it did. In the end, I really loved where it went. 

I would also say this book is like (the family drama of) The Haunting of Hill House mixed with a touch of Sixth Sense meets Ghosts (UK version all the way) with a little Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and Just Like Heaven and Six Feet Under. If that gives you any idea at all of the genres this novel encompasses. In other words, a great book for the season that isn’t scary!

AND great LGBTQ+ rep in this one!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ange_reads18'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

rachelsheplak's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail