Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Addicted to You by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

8 reviews

sophiaweine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I loved the characters (Loren Hale has my heart), but did find Lily so frustrating at times (eek I know that’s the point, and its meant to be difficult to talk about and I know its my own biases that made it uncomfortable). I am looking forward to the rest of the books because I want to see them healthy and happy - you do really want to root for them both. In saying that, I do think a lot more could have happened in the first book, the last 50 pages were the most engaging part. It was also really heartwarming see Rose and Lily’s dynamic shift so much towards the end (found family kinda vibes with Connor and Ryke too).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

lillicoulson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I have been in SUCH a romance book lull recently — everything is boring me and I haven’t really been rooting for any of the characters I’ve been introduced to. this is such a breath of fresh air: lily and lo (not a fan of lo’s name but I’ll get past it) make it so difficult to not be in their corner throughout this book. I actually did not cringe ONCE reading this!! I’ve never read about addiction in such a well-approached manner. it’s confronting but not jarring, easy to read while opening my mind to new (at least to me!) struggles and complexities. I’m invested in all of the characters’ storylines and there isn’t an authorial decision so far that I’ve questioned or disagreed with. it’s so rare for me to be connected to a character-driven storyline and I’m loving it! 

genuinely very excited for the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Abortion, and Violence

dissociativemouse's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Addiction, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Sexual assault

bethanysbooknook's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

After hearing people rave about this series on Twitter, I thought I was going to love it. Honestly, it was just okay. Nothing to scream to the rooftops about, but not necessarily bad either. However, I did like how they portrayed their addictions because it was very accurate. I think I will continue the series just to see what happens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body shaming, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, and Sexual assault

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

What did I just read?  Why did I even read it?

I don't know what I was expecting, but it definitely did not deliver.  Also, the twist was obvious from a mile away.

I think I was swayed by those that said they loved the couple.  I've read darker romances before and they've been meh to okay so I figured, maybe this is the one.  It was not the one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Sexism, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Outing, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

lynrose99's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder

gaiaa's review against another edition

challenging informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

omg i finished this yesterday! i read it in one sitting you can say i was addicted;) but this was truly so good. although all the miscommunication made me very angry and annoyed, it was still v good! Lo's daddy issues are stronger than mine lmao. i kinda figured out the plot at the end, but not entirely.

like the ryke being his brother part i kinda had figured out before it was said, but lo being the bastard child was a shock!

Conner is actually my bf so yeah, i'd love to have a bf like conner lol. Lily's such a sweetheart, i felt so sorry for the both of them. i also think that lil's ed should be discussed, i hope i'll see some improvement in the next books. but i think i'm gonna read the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, and Eating disorder