Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Pucking Around by Emily Rath

29 reviews

dkgreads's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

I’d seen this book all over Instagram and decided to see if the hype was legit. Spoiler alert: IT IS. Funny banter, emotionally layered character connections, found family, FIVE ALARM SPICE. It was good! You definitely gotta read the prequel novella though, or Jake is gonna come on a bit strong without the context of his backstory with Rachel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

antidietleah's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Medical content, Biphobia, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Alcohol, and Cancer

ladynavalon's review against another edition

funny slow-paced

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

1.0

Let's be honest. This book is for what it is, period. To read it with your favorite toy at hand and not give the plot too much thought. Porn with (bad) plot, that's all. Don't take it seriously... because if you do.... well, it's a book with some pretty toxic characters. Rachel is a whiny (actually, she whines all the time), manipulative spoiled brat who at no time thinks about anything but her brown pussy. Jake is an insecure little boy who has a lot of self-esteem to work on, the author says he's a golden reteiever, but perhaps he's the most toxic. Caleb could have been an interesting character if he had accepted his sexuality and communicated more, (as it looked like he was going to). And Ilmari... look, the guy is possessive as fuck and has monumental trauma. But hey, they're all possessive as hell and carry their traumas with them. If I dig deeper into the plot, I get more pissed off: their (the boy's) sexuality is specifically misrepresented, because they never admit that they like boys; the relationships between them.... (I think it would all make more sense if Caleb and Jake had something going on before Rachel arrived, if Ilmari had entered the relationship through Jake or Caleb, not Rachel). And worst of all, how toxic and unrealistic relationships and sex are, and that this is available to young impressionable girls. Zero judgedment if you read it as an adult with a head in orden to have a good time, but making it available to young girls seems very dangerous to me and normalizes horrible and super toxic things.
Not LGTB+ friendly at all!!!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Cursing, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent

cluckieduck's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

3.5

 Wow, a lot sure can happen to a gal in 5 months!

Are there some problematic elements in this story? Yes. Was it enjoyable? Hell yes!

This was such a fun take on a RH MMFM relationship, but oh yeah...what mess. While it is a loooong book that could have easily trimmed ~300 pages without losing anything from the (lack of) plot, I never felt the need to skim. It is a very easy read and, for the most part, well-written.

Each character is fun, but they all read college-age NA to me rather than their actual 27-30 y.o (with the exception of maybe Ilmari). There were a number of times I had to eye roll over some of their choices or actions, but again, it didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of the book.

All-in-all, it's a low angst, high steam, insta-love, sex fest of a book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Blood, Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexism

anjasliteraryjourney's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

mammut's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Medical content

erinl4's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

3.0

I get that it's a major part of the story, but it feels like there was more focus put into the smut than the actual plot, making the rest of the book feel very watered down. this book definitely didn't need to be that long and no where near as much sex was needed. 
That being said, i did love all the characters and enjoyed seeing how they connected (p.s. jake is the best)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Medical content

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexism

coffeebooksrain_8's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Medical content, and Sexual content

nicolewanttie's review against another edition

lighthearted

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

2.5

Majority of this book was sex. Little to no plot and at times it made me feel bad for the guys in the book. Rachel annoyed me, Mars felt entirely useless in the beginning, and the other two were there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, and Outing