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kittkat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.75
dieses eine buch hat gereicht, ich will nichts mehr mit diesen figuren zu tun haben. cecelia, dominic und sean waren so zweidimensional, dass es mich echt geschmerzt hat.
die story an sich hatte eine interessante und sogar wirklich spannende grundlage, die dann aber leider schrecklich schwach ausgearbeitet wurde.
cecelia ist sehr naiv und führt sich teilweise so peinlich vor der ganzen „raben-gang“ auf, ich habe so viel second-hand embarrassment gespürt.
am 27. juli habe ich bei 80% des buches in meine notizen geschrieben:
ich will das buch einfach nur noch verbrennen…
sean ist mittlerweile nur noch am gaslight, gatekeep, girlbossing
dominic ist nicht besser
cecelia… ich kann nicht mehr mit ihrem „ich bin eigentlich nicht so eine“ DOCH GENAU SO EINE BISTE!!!!
ich glaub, man spürt meinen frust 🥲
Graphic: Gaslighting and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Misogyny
amandarenee1002's review against another edition
Graphic: Gaslighting and Misogyny
If you like the toxic man trope then you will love this, I unfortunately did not.aalysad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse
amanda_reads13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The whole idea of the Ravenhood was very confusing for majority of the book and, due to the POV, the readers only knew what Cecilia did, which wasn't much. Nothing was really revealed until the end of the book.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, and Misogyny
Minor: Cancer
crinkledmochi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Cancer, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident
kingrosereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
I think we should start off with Sean is the most pretentious fuckboy on the planet. I get not being involved is social media. But serious? Everything about is just SCREAMS toxic bro culture. He smashes her Apple Watch to make a point about technology but it’s also fucking rude? Like we get it, so go live off grid somewhere. He literally compared to living in America to NAZI GERMANY. The Holocaust dude? SERIOUSLY?! Usually when a love interest is described as having blonde hair, he immediately gets re-written in my mind (idk why blonde men are a red flag to me) but he got back his blonde hair REAL QUICK. Then he like made Cecelia feel stupid and unreasonable when she waited SIX HOURS for him after spending the day cooking for him? Miss me with that gaslighting, abusive shit. You can literally get a burner phone. Like what? There was NO WAY you could’ve gotten a message to her? And because she’s upset that means she doesn’t trust you or believe in you or your mission? I was over Sean after their first date.
Now on to Dominic. Like at least he doesn’t pretend to be all lovey dovey and caring like Sean. He’s an asshole through and through. What you see is what you get with Dominic and not only that, the fact he’s so subtle but people notice how loyal and devoted he is to Cecelia, is what makes him sooooo attractive. He believes the same things as Sean, but he’s not shoving it down your throat every damn minute. Also, him and Sean’s fascination with 1984 by George Orwell is so cringe. Immediate red flag. They humiliate Cecelia in public which is such an immediate turn off for me. Like pushing her to force her to become strong for YOUR needs and desires? No thanks.
Cecelia, the protagonist, is so fucking irritating. The entire book I’m just screaming at her to run. She can’t hold her ground at all and immediately forgives these assholes. And to be honest, that’s a pretty accurate representation of a 19 year old (basically a literal child) being taken advantage of by men who are nearly 30 years old. Many women, especially young/inexperienced women, who are preyed on by abusive, manipulative gaslighting assholes, often go back to these dickwads. Though, I’m not sure why the present day (26 year old) Cecelia is returning to this town because of these two guys when she should be old enough to know better.
Look, I don’t know if Roman is truly a bad guy or he’s got some shady people working with or around him, but it does genuinely seem like he wants to make amends with his daughter in the only way he knows how to, but in typical teenage detachment, Cecelia blows him off. I’d do anything to have a dad that tried even 3% and Cecelia rejects him because what? She’s nurturing her daddy problems between two men? Unacceptable.
Also, the writing is like irritatingly cryptic. I’m not sure if that’s the point considering the two men are always cryptic (which is not only a turn off and annoying, but a HUGE red flag) but it’s just such a turn off as a reader.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Violence
roseamillerg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Abortion, Blood, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Infidelity, Death of parent, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship
mheeringa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
SUPER unhealthy "bad boy" relationships