Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

14 reviews

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Cursing, Grief, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

ezwolf's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love all things Arthurian legend so this title grabbed my attention right away. I wasn't fully sure what to expect, but I enjoyed it immensely. This book fully embraced the potential for queer jokes which I found hilarious and relatable as well. 

Gwen was incredibly relatable for me and her and Bridget's relationship was my favorite in the book, but I enjoyed Arthur point of view and his relationship with Gabriel too. Gwen and Gabriel's sibling relationship was also great, I liked how much they were there for each other. 

This is the third or fourth book I've read this year that's included periods and it's such a little thing but I can't really remember reading any books growing up that normalized periods in any regard, let alone in a historical (fantasy-ish?) kind of book. 

Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: War, Misogyny, and Outing

Minor: Misogyny, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

shaipanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I absolutely loved this and desperately need to read the other books in Lex Croucher's backlist. The characters and story were incredibly well crafted, the character development was really well done and I felt the chemistry between the characters. As I go into more in the spoiler section, the only issue I had with this book was that there were some plot threads that didn't seem to really come to fruition which was a bit frustrating but overall this was an amazing read and definitely still a 5 star read for me :)

Spoiler

The only issue I had with this book is that there were a few details that were mentioned (especially regarding Merlin and Morgana which were never explained or really brought into the story. With the way they were being written about, I thought they were going to end up being shapeshifters or some significant part of the story but then that never really came to fruition.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Blood, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

refrejarator's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

5.0

Aww. I laughed, I cried, I relieved my Merthur shipping days. This is the most beautiful, sweet, and tragically romantic book, and i can't wait to read from this author again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Biphobia, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Violence, and War

styxx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, War, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

maddalynmoon's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Blood, War, Death of parent, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Alcohol, Classism, and Grief

krisalexcole's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: War, Death, Medical content, Sexism, Chronic illness, Gore, Death of parent, Hate crime, Murder, Blood, and Homophobia

Minor: Self harm, Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

eloisewatson18601's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

4.5

I went in to this book expecting some fluffy, off-brand BBC Merlin fanfiction and my expectations were met and then thoroughly exceeded. This book truly has it all: lesbian sword fights, engagement with Arthurian lore, witty dialogue, gay pining, family trauma, and -stupendously- Riverdale references. Brilliant!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death of parent, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Gore, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Medical trauma and Vomit

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Alcohol, Sexism, Violence, War, and Alcoholism

queerloras's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Bullying, Death, Religious bigotry, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Vomit, Homophobia, Misogyny, Alcohol, Classism, and Hate crime