Reviews tagging 'Violence'

What If You & Me by Roni Loren

9 reviews

lauren_mccune's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, and Stalking

pagesand_polish's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Murder

dwinn5's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

Another great one from Roni Loren! 
I felt like the characters were well-developed and genuine, and their struggles both internally and externally seemed legitimate and made sense with their backstories. I can’t say I’ve ever read a book with Andi’s particular history, and it both drew me in and crushed my heart. I love the emphasis on learning how to move through trauma together, instead of an insistence that everything be perfectly wrapped up and healed before they can be together (as if that ever truly happens). 
Can’t wait to read Eliza’s story next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

airin_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence

schlotte's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Murder

thefatpaperback's review

5.0

The best trust-building between characters I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Stalking, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Gore, Ableism, and Sexual assault

iisa's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Ableism

Minor: Gaslighting and Violence

dalmavatai's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• 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

This romance was great! I loved that Andie is a horror writer and that Hill is a retired firefighter - I loved the conversations about horror, misogyny and the treatment of women in horror including female writers, as well as the ones about disability and not feeling attractive/'manly' enough due to a disability. This romance has one of my favorite tropes which is when the MC and the LI both have baggage and trauma but they come together and help each other address and process what they've been through 😭 Also, one of the best things about this book is how openly the MC and LI talk about boundaries and consent - it was beautifully done and I wish that all romances handled these topics with more care because I want to live in a world where young people read books where consent is openly negotiated and communicated, and where someone saying 'no' is always respected - because this is what they are going to model in their own relationships. This is probably the best romance book I've read with regards to consent and boundaries, and I especially appreciate that because it addressed a form of sexual/romantic trauma and how Andie needed to take things very slow and needed to be able to say no and trust that that will be taken seriously at every step along the way. A beautifully done, emotional, funny, and steamy romance - highly recommend! There were some cheesy moments including the third act conflict and I usually like a bit more angst and/or enemies-to-lovers vibes in my romances but aside from all that, a very solid read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Violence, and Bullying

kellym_16829's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• 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

4.25

I really liked the characters and thought the author handled the MC’s dark past with a lot of sensitivity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence