Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Rivals by Katharine McGee

7 reviews

supermormongirl's review

challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

0.25

It took me almost 3 years to trudge through this book because it was genuinely that painfully boring and dull 💀💀💀

There was no American Royals’ characteristic Gossip Girl- (tv show) widespread scandal and drama until literally 80% of the way through the novel. 

I literally only refused to DNF because I used this book as an insomnia cure I already owned, making it essentially free, and also the next (and last!) American Royals book has ✨WAY✨ too intriguing of a premise to pass up, and I wanted to know the full tea and context of exactly everything that happened in the book before it. 

This was easily one of the worst books I’ve ever read, and I don’t know what happened that made it so painfully bland and largely uneventful, light on drama, and BORING, but I feel relieved to finally be done with this!!! Now to go purge my soul of how painful this was to read, lol (I’m not exaggerating at all).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Misogyny

There is an ongoing plot line of main characters in an interracial relationship dealing with racism, tokenism, social demands and pressure as a societal symbol

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Dementia

Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, Classism, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

aharper's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Terminal illness, and Dementia

Moderate: Classism and Grief

haleybre's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Ableism, Drug use, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

kassidyreads's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use and Dementia

aklovekorn's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Car accident, Dementia, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

alisonvh's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

This series is completely bonkers, but I love it anyway. I have no idea what mood to give it. It wants to be emotional, but it's not well written enough for me to actually get invested in any of the emotions. I find it funny, but that's not the author's intent. There needs to be a category for "unnecessary drama" because that's how I classify this whole series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Dementia, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism and Pregnancy