Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Holly Jolly Ever After by Sierra Simone, Julie Murphy

7 reviews

lindsayerin's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

rachminick's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring medium-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: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage and Infertility

Minor: Body shaming, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

cover2covertx's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I think the authors wanted to put too many themes and plots into one story arc. It just made things kind of messy in the second half. Also, no trigger warnings was a bad move for this one especially.

And miscarriage should never be used as a casual plot device and the way it was handled absolutely felt like that

I’ll definitely be reading the third in the series whenever it comes out but this book didn’t fit with the vibe of the Christmas Notch books all because of that second half. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Infertility, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

Religious trauma Purity culture

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.25

There are no good variables to work with when the answer to the equation is other peoples' idea of perfection.

Another one where I liked the previous book in the series, liked the main and side characters, liked much of what was being addressed, but still didn't love the story or execution. Le sigh.

There's no age when people stop learning about their bodies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexism

A note about the sexual content: features a sexual awakening and admirably frank language and scenes of exploration as a character deprograms from the learned shame and inhibitions of purity culture Other content notes: in addition to the unplanned pregnancy trope, there's a

miscarriage scare

that opens the door for

toxic religious parents

to try to regain a foothold in a main characters life

sariereads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fatphobia

Minor: Medical content, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

annahamburger's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Eating disorder

uranaishi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Violence