Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

190 reviews

fpalladino's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.5

Pandemic books are a lot of me  sometimes but I appreciated the very real part of things being good in a budding relationship and questioning it every step of the way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

kshertz's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

4.0

What a cool capsule of time on the very early months of the pandemic. That and the SNL nod. It was really interesting to follow their journey. Noah is the perfect book boyfriend for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

marssrenee's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

summerslittlelibrary's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

Infinitely cute. Noah is everything I’d want in a partner (in character - I could live without fame and wealth, and character is what makes someone “hot” to me). I’d still want to date if I could find more people, men in particular, who are like Noah. So even though he’s fictional, it was a pleasure getting to know him alongside Sally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicide, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tigertheory's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.25

Didn’t realize this book was in large parts about Covid. That’s fine, but too soon for me. Character descriptions are good but also overall rather boring, and for a book of this title, it’s really not that funny. 
Alright read, I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexism

torianne9413's review against another edition

funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Pandemic/Epidemic

lugalante's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

The snl bit was fun, the rest tedious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism

carlottab13'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book single-handedly and very unexpectedly saved me from an incoming reading slump. The book is divided into the chapters (minor point deduction here, because they should definitely be called parts, as they are too long to classify as chapters in my book) that all feel very different pacing-wise and from where the characters are at. The highly paced first chapter of a very stressful and entertaining work-week at TNO (*cough* SNL *cough*) contrasted starkly against the slowed down paces of chapter two and three, mirroring 
 how the pandemic slowed down most people’s lives in 2020. The writing style, conversations and dialogue were very quick-witted and a delight to be read by any woman who says “ I hate men” a tad too often at every chance she gets.
Small subjective criticism is that the romance took quiiteeeeee a while to get rolling and I simply cannot take a serenading scene seriously, ever. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol