Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland

7 reviews

raelin's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

Content warning: body shaming, food stuff, basically all the characters are almond moms who can’t shut up about it even in their inner thoughts. Also a lot of “millennials are whiny selfish lazy pieces of crap who don’t want to do anything for themselves.”

You are supposed to love the characters, but I pretty much didn’t like any of them. 

This premise and plot could have been great if the characters did not stereotype one another and just body shame the shit out of themselves and everyone around them. It was not something I could skim past so it ended up ruining the whole read for me. 

Julia Whelan’s narration was the only reason I gave this two stars and didn’t DNF. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

caitsullivan's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

amykwrites's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

Almost put it down in the first half because of unlikeable characters, but kept going. Second half was definitely better. Nice ending, tied up in a bow. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

kaceyjoy's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

I wanted to like this book. I definitely enjoyed parts of it enough to finish it, but every single character was unlikable, except for maybe 2 of the grandkids.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, and Classism

ange_reads18's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia

emilyexley's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Death of parent

angstyevie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Vomit, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail