Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Guarda-Costas by Katherine Center

10 reviews

deetabz's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

sh543's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction and Physical abuse

taylorc19's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

So cute, so fun, absolutely flew through this book. I normally don't love a no-spice, no-swearing, not-a-lot-of-kissing romance book because it feels juvenile and unrealistic but I completely bought it for this one. To be honest, I didn't even really notice that the characters weren't swearing and there wasn't any outright intimacy besides kissing between Hannah and Jack (which is a testament to the writing and story-building). I'm almost positive this is my first Katherine Center book and I definitely want to read more. I do wish we had more content of Hannah and Jack once they were together, but I loved seeing her assimilate to his family and start to really care not just about Jack but also his entire family. Overall, Hannah's character arc was well done and she was a fully fleshed out character. Also, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to Katherine Center for giving Hannah some self-respect and not letting her rebound with Robby OR completely forgive Taylor. They didn't deserve Hannah!!!!

I will say the romance felt a tad rushed. Hannah had barely felt an inkling of a crush towards Jack, then all the sudden she was saying she was in love with him. The ending section with Wilbur was totally weird and out of left field, but it was so on brand for a "bodyguard romance" (if that's even a trope in romance novels). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

kambell00's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

The line “i hate myself so much for not being loved” bumped this up half a point for me but the preachiness at the end brought it down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism

e_claire's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

queermj's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide attempt

larrakyleen's review against another edition

4.5

Some parts are a bit predictable, but others are sweet, sad, surprising, and absolutely wild. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism

matthewslaura'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? Yes

4.0

Okay I love Jack and Hannah & I love how real they felt. I read this stupidly fast because it was like watching a movie. I’m definitely going to read more books by Katherine Center in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rai_ishardtoplease's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

“What was I allergic to? I was allergic to disappointment. I was allergic to betrayal. I was allergic to friendship. To hope. To optimism. To life, to work, to humanity in general.

And so I just answered with, ‘I’m allergic to everything,’ and I walked out of the garage.”

Hannah is very squish (and the best kind of petty)

Kelly, Doc, and Connie are also squish.

But Jack—Jack Cinnamon-Roll Stapleton—is THE squishiest. Find me an H more babie than this mf. You can’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

kaytrain's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria