Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams

31 reviews

reefofchaos's review

funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

hannahryan08's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

redsshelves's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism

kellyblick's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Heavy domestic trauma, including an attempted rape. The romance didn't give me enough warm fuzzy feelings to make up for that, lots of descriptive sex, not a ton of emotional development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexism

lkheiman's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

amccarthy's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Minor: Misogyny

thelucindalife's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Book about learning to trust again after

an abusive past relationship

. Liked the characters but it wasn‘t my favorite romance I‘ve read recently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

foldingfictions's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really loved this book.  Naya is a fantastic main character, and seeing everything from her perspective worked well (sometimes I wish we had the romantic partner as well in romances, but in this case it was good having just one perspective).  I liked how realistically yet healthily characters communicated their feelings and needs mostly- not too much miscommunication for people who are turned off by that.  The cheesy jokes were fantastic and I found the banter very compelling- lots of grinning along while I read and a few LOLs.  I found myself opening the app store to re-download bumble after the first third of the book- Jake is very much so a swoon-worthy love-interest.  Not only were our main couple wonderful, but the cast of friends and other characters were interesting and- for the most part -fun as well!  The story unfolded nicely- it was paced in a way that kept my attention but didn't feel like it was going at break-neck speed.  The last fourth of the book had my heart pounding though- very intense.  Lastly, I personally enjoyed the steamy scenes, even more because the chemistry out of the bedroom was also top-notch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Sexual violence

mars_dull's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Racism