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booklovinmamas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
✓High School Bully Romance
✓Enemies to Lovers
✓Opposite Sides of the Track
Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content
Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
Minor: Abortion and Suicide
lulusreads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Bullying, Violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Mental illness
Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Classism, Infidelity, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer
offbrandclubsoda's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, and Classism
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Suicide
lydialou419's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I had a really hard time empathizing with the “bully” character in this bully romance. I do think Douglas did a great job illustrating some very real conflicts certain communities face and I loved that she did that!
Overall, it was a nice journey of self discovery. Would definitely recommend to a friend.
As always, check your trigger warnings before reading.
Happy Reading 😮💨📚
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Classism
Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Body shaming
Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, Abortion, and Suicide
thebookishb'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
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Kidnapping, Bullying, Violence, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Grief
rock_gnome's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Homophobia
fierymoon's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Child death
Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Sexual violence
weird_but_fucking_beautiful's review against another edition
- 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
Tryst Six Venom, Penelope Douglas’s sapphic enemies to lovers novel is the story of Clay and Olivia, high school girls from opposite sides of the tracks. navigating the trappings of society, propriety, and their undeniably strong attraction to one another.
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Homophobia and Death of parent
Minor: Kidnapping
bookishchaos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
First off, I get this was Penelope Douglas's first time writing a F/F love story but she wrote these female characters like alpha males (I've seen other reviews talking about this as well).
Spoilers ahead (very minor tho)
Some of the spicey scenes were icky and cringe. Like weirdly aggressive and forced? Not to mention the book started out with Olivia being underage which felt super unnecessary. Yuck.
Clay also treats Olivia like trash until like 70% into the book. I'm aware this was a bully-romance but the toxicity of this relationship was unrealistic and eye rolling.
Overall the book wasn't awful but wasn't fantastic. It had so much potential but too many flaws which is why I wouldn't recommend it.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Sexual assault
Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, and Abortion
faithreadss'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
3.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Classism
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Abortion