17 reviews for:

Goodbye Valentine

River Gardner

3.21 AVERAGE

hannahbhill33's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

3.0

This book was wild 😳 not at all what I was expecting. She definitely got her revenge. Curious about the next one in the series like what happens next with her and who was that at the end?! Girl was crazy honestly 😂 

Please check TW before reading. Very graphic and bloody. 

sierra13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Good for her 🖤

turtles_hydranga_12's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

griffl's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.5

⭐️⭐️✨

This book is DARK. Very minimal plot even for a novella.

3/5 🌶️ rating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

havenrose06's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

justem001's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

dreamyreader86's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

ariaza's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

poisoned_icecream's review

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This novella reminds me of those ridiculous mobile game ads in which a woman (it's always a woman) finds her boyfriend or husband with another woman, except this is actually interesting.

Mel finds her fiancé in bed with her best friend Tess. Mel is understandably heartbroken. After taking out her anger on a random man who assaults her, she decides to get revenge against Tess and Dylan.

Even though I really liked reading this novella, I could not stop thinking about how exhausting it is to live in an amatonormative society. Amatonormativity sucks and I'll never understand why monogamy has to be the default. Also, everything that happens in this novella could have been avoided with communication. But then again there wouldn't have been a fun and gory novella if these people really took the time to talk each other.

Anyway, this is my first time reading something by River Gardner and I'll definitely be reading more by them. :)

stacy_michelle's review

dark tense fast-paced

3.25