Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

107 reviews

aleilvandrea's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Solitamente non leggo romance, questo libro mi è stato suggerito da amiche delle quali mi fido molto. Gli ho dato una chance e ne è valsa la pena.

La rappresentazione di una protagonista fibromialgica è così maledettamente accurata, parla di situazioni dove è estremamente realistico riconoscersi, tanto da far male.

Per quanto sia una lettura leggera, tocca temi quali le insicurezze dovute al convivere con una malattia cronica invisibile sin dalla giovinezza, l’impatto che ha, la percezione da parte di partner, famiglia e amicizie e tutto ciò che ne consegue. I personaggi sono costruiti in modo tale che non si può che volergli bene.

Non è un libro perfetto, eppure ha sicuramente lasciato il segno.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

evilplants's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

booksoversecondbreakfast's review against another edition

hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this book and am so sad that it's over! I sincerely hope that the author will consider writing another book featuring Chloe.

Like the author and the main character, I have fibromyalgia, and this was the first fiction book where I've seen that aspect of my experience reflected, and it was so wonderful. The struggles Chloe faces are relatable and real, and the book covers them all so accurately, but the book also features how strong Chloe is and how she can have a romance that's not all about fibromyalgia. It was also nice seeing disability representation in a way that centers accessibility rather than abelism. Chloe is surrounded by loved ones who accommodate for her, and it's heartwarming for me as a disabled woman to see this example of the kind of healthy relationships that are out there.

The romance between Chloe and Red was so sweet and so enjoyable to see unfold. It was a wonderful slow burn. I just wish we got more time with these characters and that the book was a bit longer.

I enjoyed that they featured a man who pursued therapy, and that he began attending therapy early on, rather than just as an attempted bandage when things get rough. I also appreciated how this book showed what healthy conflict lookes like between two adults with their own mental health baggage.

The only reason I bump it down a half star is because I've read many books with more elegant writing than this. It was a great story, but the writing wasn't poetic or more beautiful than average. Plus, there could have been more showing rather than telling. I read this expecting it to be a cute romcom type of book, and that's exactly what it turned out to be, so I still really enjoyed it.

All in all, this really was a cute story with very lovable characters, and I expect this is a story I'm going to think back to for a long time. Definitely recommend, especially for other chronically ill romcom lovers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

mar's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Racism and Car accident

themaxdog's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Ableism, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol

hr1245's review

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Car accident

lizzie_b99's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

4.5

I read this after Take a Hint, Dani Brown because I was not initially aware that that title was part of a series. I have started Act Your Age, Eve Brown and I am really curious to see how her character develops from how she is represented in these earlier novels. 

I personally prefer this novel to the sequel! Chloe and Red's relationship feels well fleshed out, though maybe a touch too fast (though maybe I'm just a bit of a skeptic when it comes to quickly developed romantic relationships). I love the focus throughout this series on mental health and disability/neurodivergence representation. I do not have fibro, but Chloe's struggles with spoons and having an invisible disability are incredibly relatable. 

The romance genre often has a problem with allowing characters to violate their potential partner's boundaries with little to no punishment. I love that this title does not fall into that trap. Chloe and Red are both highly aware of the importance of boundaries. They constantly ask each other for explicit consent before deepening their romantic/physical relationship (and omg consent is sexy). The focus on boundaries, consent, and meeting one's partner's needs made Chloe and Red's relationship feel both idyllic and achievable. Their banter is adorable and now I need someone to call me Button (even though I'll pretend to hate it), and Smudge is absolutely the best name for a cat.

Late novel spoilers

I am not a fan of third act breakups - I often find them to be used as an excuse to lengthen a novel that could have ended better 50 odd pages earlier - but the way this trope is used in this novel works in my opinion. Although the miscommunication trope is used to instigate this breakup (as is often the case), these tropes feel like they bring out the fears and triggers of the characters rather than being used just as a bit of late-novel filler. All in all, the use of tropes in this novel feel believable for the characters and not like an excuse to participate in a trope

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Car accident, Alcohol, and Classism

amy_in_the_city's review

emotional funny 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

5.0

I loved this book! Both main characters were wonderful, their banter was top-notch, and there were multiple moments that made me laugh. I liked how much joy they took in making each other smile and laugh. It wasn't all fluff though. There was some real heart here and some heavier topics addressed. I really loved Red and how thoughtful and caring he was. He's definitely joining my list of favorite romance guys. He and Chloe both had their own issues to work through, and they felt like very realistic problems that impacted them in understandable ways. I don't usually like when there is a

third-act breakup

, but here it made sense why the characters reacted the way they did and how they found their way through it. I appreciated that they both apologized to each other as too often romance novels have only one person apologizing after an argument where both characters said or did hurtful things. I look forward to reading the other books in this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Alcohol

reminiscences's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Gaslighting

beccam22's review against another edition

4.0

This book was both pink clouds and pure sweetness as well as very serious around mental health and I really appreciated it. I am mainly an anything but romance reader now starting to read romance. 

The mental health and chronic pain rep in this book was amazing. The feeling of being a burden to others while also learning to accept help when needed was beautiful. 

The rediscovering yourself after previous relationships was handled okay. I think it handled it better than most books but still felt like they relied on each other as the reason why to change and grow rather than for themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism