Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

27 reviews

michaelahoyman's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I honestly didn’t expect to like this book, but I absolutely LOVE it. Lauren Asher is an amazing offer. I’m usually extremely picky and won’t read a book if they’re not kissing by page 10, but I actually still loved this book. Rowan is such a sweetie, and so just ugh in a beautiful way, you know? The ending is super sweet and happy. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Pregnancy

albasapri's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

It's definitely an easy read but I'm personally left indifferent after finishing it. Smut warning! Explicit scenes are exactly that.

Firstly I must say I picked this book up without knowing much about it other than it concerning an inheritance and what these millionaires must do to secure it. Mistake, it's a romance.
(Now that I think about it there's another popular millionaire inheritance book thar is a thriller. So I might have mixed them up.)

I quickly readjusted my expectations and had several things I didn't personally enjoy but can understand are part of the genre. These features I know are loved by others, think "

possessive language", grumpy/sunshine or off balance power dynamics that aren't clearly stated as such, especially when they're obviously taken advantage of. This is a "millionaire romance" after all.

Having said that, I struggled with some of the choices made. 
The character archs didn't hit as hard as I would've liked them to. 
Yes there was a clear arch for one of our main protagonists, but some of the growth didn't come from their own journey.  Realising the flaws in their logic came only because it was what was necessary to achieve something character A wanted in the first place. It was necessary for them to fit in with what other characters wanted from them to achieve something they wanted in the first place. Very much like "oh I like that thing, I need to change my ways to get it? Okay then!" 
When there's such a clear advantages to changing your ways, when there's a clear gain to it, in cheapens the characters journey. 
It also felt like some of the characters wrong doings were swept under the rug for the sake of moving on with the plot without actually having them be as serious an issue as the characters were pointing out. I'll give a silly expample: "hey you ate the cake I spent 2 months preparing. Oh you're sorry? And you mean it?

you'll fuck me into oblivion?

oh that's okay then!" 
All is forgiven and the character moves on forgetting that this has happened only for it to be brought up when convenient for the eventual  misunderstanding before the end of the book. Why hasn't there been a struggle with the situation beforehand? Especially when the characters have stated how troubled they've been by it.
 
The most succinct way I can put it is I would've liked a bit more "show, don't tell". 

Kind of ironic given some statements in the book, I know xd
All in all it was an entertaining read. Just didn't satisfy me as much as I would've liked. Plus I like books where smut feels more incorporated into the story and evenly distributed. Less of a "and now... they fuck" and more of "a and how couldn't they fuck? But wait! This happens... and then we're in bed again and what else has happened? How does that affect our characters and the bond they're creating?" 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Cancer

Minor: Fatphobia, Ableism, Medical content, and Pregnancy

edietz22's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing sad medium-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit, Classism, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I really liked this book! It is about two people who work at Dreamland aka a knock off of Disney. There is a family secret involving billions of dollars at stake. I really enjoyed the fact that her sister had a disability. I think that people with disabilities aren’t mentioned enough in popular books so it came as a nice surprise, especially at the end when he proposed that Dreamlands character costumes include prosthetics, wheelchairs, and other types of disabilities. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, and Gaslighting

ellawatwat's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective medium-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy

vreyna20_2004's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing slow-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

The book was cute there were times that I would giggle to myself over Rowan and I would tell myself to calm down that he isn’t real. His love for Zahra was cute until he became a dick and said horrible things to Zahra while she was in the HOSPITAL and RECOVERING from pneumonia. If that didn’t happen I would’ve given this book a five stars but it’s whatever. And people hate on Zahra but she’s a lot like me personality wise (not the whole positivity thing just the whole “don’t think about his dick” and liking historical romance) but I did find her annoying some times. And the best character of all were Cal and Ani I don’t care what anyone says. As a fellow middle child I love Cal and I can’t wait to read his story. And Ani was just so lovable I just wanted to hug her and when she protected her sister after Rowan broke her heart made me proud of her.

The sex scenes made me blush and crack a smile almost caused me to jump and run around my room when he told Zahra to say that she was his. But this book has A LOT of dick jokes or mentions of dicks.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Mental illness

everything_evening's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

This filled the succession void in my life 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

natybookss's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

annick's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

0.25

Awful. How did this go viral?  

👎🏻. Nope.  Please do not read this!!!! 

 I only finished because of a buddy read. I didn’t want to let down my friend. 

It is really poorly written for a published book. A mountain of m cliches and tropes are used and rolled out. The sex scenes aren’t engaging or appealing. The possessiveness is ick. And the dialogue is a dumping ground for neat statements. As if the characters romance has given the angry MMC the cliff notes of if he’d used  professional psychotherapy to understand his feelings fears and needs. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, and Infidelity

Minor: Medical content and Alcoholism

matthewslaura's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

The love story is cute but I think my favorite part is Ani’s character and how she was portrayed (aka how she wasn’t just referred to as a girl with autism but instead a fully fledged person… how it should always be but isn’t always the case). I also loved how much Rowan showed his emotions because masculinity doesn’t equal being a robot.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Sexual content, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Medical content