Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Out On a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

10 reviews

lallagray's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Vomit

ewalkergrace's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Abortion

becca_cheyanne's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Abortion

winterwoodbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

This is the perfect comfort romcom As a disabled nerd I grinned and laughed and felt so seen and with the couple!

 Also interesting to read abozt someone elses reality, hookups, pregnancy and Kids would never be my happy end, but it is for them and I am so happy!

I felt like the author is a swiftie for sure reading this and then I saw the title of her next book, I will pick up all of her other work for sure! Can't recommend enough

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Content Warnings

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

kharri13's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

4.75!!!! OH THIS BOOK WAS GOOD. GREAT BANTER. AMAZING STORY LINE THE RELATIONSHIP BUILD UP WAS SO LOVELY. I JUST LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS UGH. IT COIPDVE BEEN LONGER HONESTLY ID SUPPORT RHIS BOOK BEING 400 PAGES. I just loved how they worked and grew together and supported each other immediately. Ooooh some of these moments had me CRYING he loved her so much he didn't feel like a person before her she finally felt seen as a human being and not a someone who was disabled. Im gonna kill someone maybe myself I was smiling so hard reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

carolinereadsalot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.5

Cute read! Felt like a bit of a new take on accidental pregnancy. I don’t normally read very many books with that trope.. but I liked it! The MMC and FMC were lovable. I really like the way their physical disabilities were presented. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

wanderlust_romance's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? No

4.25

While I tend to be very leery of books that are showered with immense praise, Out On A Limb proved to be a funny, realistic, refreshing, and sexy read. I enjoyed it thoroughly, as so many others before me. Pregnancy after a memorable one night stand? Not usually my trope of choice. However, OOAL is the kind of story that is so engaging and entertaining that you’ll potentially reconsider. I appreciated the on page discussions of reproductive choice, between Win and her doctor, Win and Sarah, and Win and Bo. Pregnancy is often inaccurately portrayed (from a physical perspective) in the romance genre, layered on top is the emotional weight of having to decide how to approach a potential co-parent. Your hormones are literally going haywire, your body is creating a whole other human, and you’re having to navigate a potential minefield of emotions! And to its credit, OOAL takes all of that into consideration and pulls it off with such intentional care. I loved that this book also had an own voices aspect to the disability rep. It is thoughtful and never comes across as ableist “inspiration p*rn.” The fact that Win has to comes to term with her own internalized ableism and natural concerns about the baby’s health was so relatable, and speaks to the deep seated concerns that many women feel but don’t often voice during their pregnancies.

And yes. Bo is absolutely as wonderful, emotionally vulnerable, caring, funny, and nerdy as you’d expect from a picture perfect book boyfriend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

chelseafrieske's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

ingrid6's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

This is the first and only surprise pregnancy book I’ve ever been able to finish. I won’t lie- I got the ick a few times given the subject, but gosh did I LOVE these characters. The banter was perfect. I laughed, I cried a little lol. 

No third act breakup. Super slow burn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness

wts_tiffany's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent