Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Jij en ik by Chloe Liese

33 reviews

smartcookiesca's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: War and Injury/Injury detail

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I love love loved Ryder and Willa! Ryder is a former soccer star prospect who's career was cut short by a case of bacterial meningitis that caused him to lose his hearing. Willa is a current soccer star who's losing her mom to cancer and struggling to balance sports and school. When her and Ryder are paired up for a school project, frenemies become lovers. I adored the banter and jokes between them and this slow burn was nice and slow just like I like it!! My only issue was the communication. Not literally obviously because Ryder is deaf but emotionally. Willa and Ryder both refused to talk about anything real almost the whole book!! It was so frustrating to read and it kinda dampened the fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

kelseyholler's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism and Abandonment

condls27's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

This book ripped my heart out of my chest, stomped on it and then lovingly put it back together with the upmost gentle care. I’ll never get over this book and it’s only the beginning! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

Well, I really thought I'd love this one, but I had so many issues with it. 

First, this was trying to be enemies to lovers, but there was no good reason to be enemies in the first place or for them to hold on to their antagonistic relationship for so long. They jumped straight to enemies just because he didn't hear her say one thing and she didn't know he was deaf. Even after she found out that he wasn't deliberately ignoring her, she still considered him a "frenemy" (this word was used way too much). The main characters frequently acted like they were 10 years old, at one point even throwing elbows and pulling ponytails in class. 

I especially didn't like Willa. She completely lost me after she

ghosted Ryder for 2 months after her mom died, not even acknowledging his presence when he showed up to try to comfort her. This had real negative effects on Ryder, and it bothered me that she didn't seem to care about his feelings at all. Then once she came back to him, she was so upset that other women were taking an interest in him that he decided to let her look through his phone so she would know he wasn't cheating on her. Who needs boundaries, right?

For the whole third act, she was so wishy washy about the relationship, and I felt like Ryder was doing all the work to keep the relationship alive. I spent most of the last section wishing they wouldn't end up together because their relationship seemed so unhealthy. With Willa being so flighty and with them demonstrating an unwillingness to face their problems together as partners, I don't trust that they will have a good relationship going forward. Even towards the very end of the book, she still got upset with him for asking her very basic questions about herself because she didn't want to open up to him at all.

I liked that there was disability rep, with a leading man who is deaf, but I kind of felt like the book treated the deafness as an obstacle to overcome before the romantic relationship really could get going. There was a lot of importance placed on him hearing her voice and on getting him to start speaking again. I do appreciate that the author took feedback from reviews after the book was originally published, made some changes, and released an edited edition to try to fix some of the representation issues, but I think some of the bones of the old issues remain. I am not part of the Deaf community, so I am not an expert on how the representation was handled, but others who are Deaf have posted their reviews, and I encourage people to read those for more insight.

This gets an extra star for Ryder. He's mostly a really great guy, and I really liked him. 

I think this book also ruined the word "lumberjack" for me forever. I've reached my lifetime quota and might never want to see the word again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, and War

vj_thompson's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

dogoodwithbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

Closed Door Mods: Chapter 18 (some parts), Chapter 27 (some parts), Chapter 29, Chapter 30 (some parts) 

Such a cute read! Loved Liese’s writing style and her inclusion of disabled leads (also, I think Ryder Bergman is my new book boyfriend). Some parts of the ending could have been condensed, but epilogue was adorable. Will definitely be reading her future works and you need to read Only When It’s Us if you’re looking for a slow-burn, frenemies-to-lovers book with a disabled main character and has great banter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Well I sobbed my way through at least half of this book. To the point that I'm surprised I could still read the words on the page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment

soulwinds's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, and Abandonment