Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas

2 reviews

relin's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Medical content, Blood, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexism, Racial slurs, and Infertility

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Vomit, Xenophobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Slavery, Racism, and Ableism

Many of the sexual interactions in the first half of the book are sexual assault (unclear if the characters read those as rape). Many interactions start with when the characters are asleep.

henrismum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted slow-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

3.0

First Second in series - The Marsdens
Audiobook (All of my entries on The Story Graph are audiobooks.)
Why I added this book to my TBR pile: I love Sherry Thomas' Lady Sherlock series and I was surprised when this site described one of her mysteries as a romance. That led to me to realize Thomas is more known for her romance writing, so I wanted to see if she wrote love stories as well as she wrote mysteries. I picked this book because it featured a woman doctor. I didn't realize it was part two of a series. I don't think that matters though. *I also picked this to explore the possibility of writing romances.
Will I read more of the series?     Probably Not     Maybe    Highly Likely Part of this book was as bad as the cover suggests: heaving bosoms and throbbing manhood. By the end, I made peace with that and enjoyed the story. But, this bothered me: The male lead has sex with his wife while she sleeps. Sounds like sexual assault to me, but somehow she enjoyed it?? Although eventually she asked him to stop.
The narrator was Anne Flosnik. She has a good sensitive voice, but just a little whiny. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Infertility, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Sexual content