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emmy_likes_2_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Grief
loriklak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.5
Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual content
mhairi_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I can be in a room full of people that I know and still not feel like I belong.
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death
Moderate: Classism, Medical content, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, and Child death
madeleineelr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death of parent and Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Misogyny
anigoose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
When Piper keeps things to herself, he sees it as extreme betrayal and forces her promise that she will never keep anything from him. They have been together 4ish weeks at this point. When she is not complying with his wishes, he yells at her and exploits the two biggest vulnerabilities that she has shown him - her fear of losing him in the ocean like she lost her father, and her fear of being abandoned again.
Brendan makes it clear to Piper that he never loved his first wife, that she was just a means to an end. His mourning for her was a show. This is supposed to show his love for Piper as more real, but all it shows is his lack of empathy and ability to love. Ffs do we even find out if Desiree lived with him in his house? There's no traces of her, no stories of her, no fond memories, only obligation. I have fond memories with all of my exes, even the abusive ones, even the boring ones. It's downright creepy.
Enemies to lovers doesn't work if the reason he felt such animosity towards her was that immediately upon seeing her, she looked like a woman he couldn't control.
This book is an insult to love, an insult to Annie Murphy who played Alexis Rose, to Dan Levy who created Alexis Rose, and to survivors of Narcissist Abusers. There's so much more that is horribly wrong with this book, from the assumption that a fisherman smelling of the ocean smells like anything but rotten fish - believe me, I grew up in a fishing town in the Oregon Coast, it's just rotten fish, babes - to the complete absurdity of the idea that a man who has been celibate for 7 years and who had zero interest in his wife before that is super fucking talented at sex, to...god, I just can't hit on all the things that are warped and awful in this book.
Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny
Moderate: Death of parent
Lovebombing, narcissist, manipulation.xriekex's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
giuliaathenalombardo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I thought his character was great, even though the fact he was forcing himself to keep grieving his ex-wife to make his father-in-law happy was quite frustrating, I think we is exactly was Piper needed. He doesn't make her change her attitude or condemn her 'spoiled' nature, but rather embraces and adores it as he does all the other aspects of her character.
Piper herself is a very refreshing heroine, far from being 'not like other girls' and wanting to distance herself from stereotypical feminine attributes, Piper enjoys what she enjoys and feels not shame for it, and I really liked that side of her.
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Grief, Medical content, and Misogyny
0701mango's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Emotional abuse
nahlasbooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny
toberomanced'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
1.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Death, and Death of parent