Reviews with content warning for Gaslighting - The Unhoneymooners

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The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

97 reviews

bookshelvesandbookcorners07's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted 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

3.5

Enjoyable read, but the male love interest did get me mad sometimes.

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tym_flies's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

I needed a little light fun after my last dense read and this was definitely that. I finished it in a day. The banter of the main characters (enemies-to-lovers 😏) was hilarious and snappy and I loved every second of it, which was most of the book. The ending was absolutely adorable and had me kicking my feet. Fun light read tbh.

I will say two things: this book is a very tame, fade-to-black sort of romance. I didn't think less of it for that - I just wouldn't go in expecting something different. AND #2, the main conflict of the story ends up going down with a ton of pretending-bad-things-aren't-happening-for-the-sake-of-peace-lowkey-gaslighting from multiple sources, including the male mc. He isn't the one who actually does The Bad Thing and he grovels for his part in it so I got over it, but it's something to note.

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efratmaor's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

Read the book since my teen was reading it, and wanted to read something she does.
And was surprised how fun it was.

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carseatwarmers's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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chainsiren's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.75

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katies_bookshelf's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-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

2.5

I really wanted to like this book. I'm a sucker for a cute fake-relationship romance.

And the first half of the book was enjoyable! It was funny and pretty cute. I loved that in the first half of the novel any conflict or misunderstanding was cleared up basically within the same chapter. Look at that healthy communication! However, then it all when to hell in a handbasket.

The Dane-cheating-on-Ami fiasco was definitely NOT cleared up within a chapter. And all that healthy, adult communication? Poof! Gone. Not only did Ethan AND Ami not believe Olive the *multiple* times she tried to tell them that Dane was awful and unfaithful, but they actively tried to gaslight her about it! Especially Ethan, he refused to believe that his brother was anything but perfect and chooses to disregard Olive when she tells him Dane tried to hit on her. You know, clearly she's lying or completely mistaken. And Ami! You would think that with how close they were described as being, Ami would know that her sister wouldn't lie about something like this.

I was fine with how Olive's relationship was repaired with Ami once it came out that Olive was, in fact, *right*. But Ethan??? After being denied the first several times he comes crawling back to apologize, that man child decides that the best way to win Olive back is to ambush her with a restaurant full of her extended family (and the man who fired her from the job she had been so happy to get??). Downright manipulative. And Olive takes him back! After very little deliberation, I might add. Girl, that man does not deserve your forgiveness. The amount of gaslighting ALONE.

And don't even get me started on the epilogue - Ethan's childish reaction to Olive accidentally ruining his proposal to her (you'd think after a year(?) of dating he'd know her well enough that she'd be sarcastic about the cliche of it all. Like do you pay attention to her at all??).

You know what, looking back, I am not a fan of Ethan at any point in the book. He's a man-child with bad vibes.

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sebradley29's review against another edition

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5.0

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josoko's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted

Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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kat_rowlen's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

Literally my favorite love story. I loved the story line and the witty banter! This book told a perfect enemies to lovers story without any cliches and the miscommunications were cleared up almost immediately!

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boba_n_books's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

A super cute, fun romance. I enjoyed seeing Ethan and Olive come together even if their reason for “hating” one another was simplistic and more of a misunderstanding.

This wasn’t my favorite romance, but it was definitely a fun ride.

Dane is a terrible misogynistic villain, and I despise him.

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