Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

78 reviews

gretchreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

bien's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

I haven’t listened to a lot of audiobooks before, but I’m glad I chose this one to start of that era of my life! Each and every minute of my day in which I was able to listen, I got my headphones out and pressed play. I was so eager to know what would happen next! Definitely recommend listening to this book if you have the opportunity to, Patti Murin does an excellent job in narrating it! 

Despite the Harper 1 and Harper 2 incident, I never saw the Joe/ Dr Adison crossover coming. My jaw legit dropped when that happened. > When Joe ghosted Sadie, my initial thoughts were “I bet Parker did something insane to screw this up”. I wouldn’t have been surprised if that were the case.

Something I wrote down in my notes app when it was revealed that Joe and Dr Addison were the same person:
“ WHAT?!?! He was the guy who bought the wine at the beginning of the book, he was the veterinarian, he was Joe with the bowling jacket? MY MIND IS BLOWN! I didn't see that plot twist coming!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

hdoomk's review against another edition

2.75

good at the end, but i still thought the female mc was super annoying,

also who the heck feeds their dog only table food… and then expects it to live forever as well…

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

caitlin_davis22's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Did Peanut the dog die?

No, but he does get sick and require the emergency vet. He pulls through!

swimmer120x's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.75

No spice/smut. A funny, sort of cute romance novel that wasn’t too over the top. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Bullying and Suicide attempt

Medical content: Brain lesion, brain surgery, & face blindness

leann0330's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Such an interesting concept for a story. I had been wanting to read this book for awhile and noticed it recently became available on KU. So I grabbed it up and read it in a day. As the reader, I was able to use the context cues and foreshadowing to figure out what was going on, but it didn’t ruin the story for me at all. I thought Joe was a fabulous character and although I found Sadie a little ditzy, the fact she had a brain condition made that make more sense (I work with someone who has  brain condition and sometimes she has these sorts of issues as well). The “face blindness” was fascinating to me and the way it affected Sadie’s ability to paint portraits was devastating but also allowed her to explore another side of creativity. The way she felt so alone—even her BFF left her hanging at a time in her life when she needed support—made me hurt for her. Throughout the book, I laughed, I cried, I got mad at her family, I swooned. All the feels!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

onefineelephant's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

9/10. This movie is 1000% a Wattpad book in the best way. I devoured it because it was so interesting and a good romance. Also, I figured out the twist beforehand (no spoilers!) but it still blew my mind! The romance really made me feel things, I love the love interest! I definitely recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Ableism, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

kingsnail's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Katherine Center has done it again. This may have eclipsed The Bodyguard for my favorite book???
I learned so much about face blindness and wow I just loved the characters. Definitely didn’t see some of the reveals coming. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

annadelreads's review against another edition

emotional funny informative medium-paced

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

3.75

“Our thoughts create our emotions. So if you fixate on your worst-case scenario, you’ll make things harder for yourself.” 

Another late night reading session to finish a book. It’s so weird to have read three books where the FMC is an artist/painter. 

Devoured this book in more or less 24 hours so I could see why people love Katherine Center’s writing. I got pulled in quickly. I had a really fun time reading this, even had a tear dropping experience. Would recommend to friends who just wanna try romance book because this is kinda cute although very very very very predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders