Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall

13 reviews

bookworm14587's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

skye_era_books's review against another edition

challenging hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I have so many thoughts on this book. I definitely didn’t hate it, but oh my god it is not at all what it is marketed as. Practical Magic and Gilmore Girls? Where? This was not lighthearted and fluffy like I thought — it actually should have some pretty serious trigger warnings. 
Anyway, some things that were… interesting:

1. Jake highkey emotionally cheating on his fiancé is wild, 2. His fiancé pretending to be PREGNANT, 3. Florence having a forced pregnancy because some dickwad put a fertility spell on her????, 4. The grandma killing said dickwad was iconic I won’t lie, 5. They all attend church but are involved in magic, 6. HER TRYING TO K*LL HERSELF to save her brother?????? with basically a sleepy time tea?? hello???

There’s so much more but I DID ENJOY all of the recipes throughout the book so at least there’s that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

fancyjess_party's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

heatherjchin's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Pregnancy

laurenbrodehl's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

Very slow. Had interesting concepts, but told too slow and cheesy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

lawmixitup's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Started reading it because a review said if you like Practical Magic you would like this.  It is like Practical Magic but it overly relies on the miscommunication/ lack of communication tropes that just made it infuriating to me. The ending also makes less sense the more you think about it. Overall it's fine but not more than that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cursing and Rape

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

It was emotionally exhausting and infuriating 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

erinreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

luverbyrd's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing, Death, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail