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falennahrm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Abandonment
tinkeringcheck'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
4.0
The one thing that stretched my suspension of belief was the bodyguard team's antics. There's a lot of telling us about how great they are, meanwhile what's shown is a lot of... high school level drama. I just wish we'd seen more of what made this team - and our lead by association - capable enough to be hired by a beleaguered celebrity.
All that being said: Do not - do not! - go into this book expecting realistic drama or steamy romance. It's a bantery, feel-good, reverse bodyguard trope that runs on rom-com logic, but (mostly) in the best way.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Medical content, Blood, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abandonment and Vomit
Overall: It's a very light-hearted, hopeful book but it deals with some background heavy topics. In order or prevalence:Death of parent, death, grief: Very beginning of book skims over the main character's mother dying, and the grief from that is a catalyst for the rest of the book. Grief (and hope) is a major theme.
Domestic/Physical abuse: Past, as a memory. A very violent incidence of it and the injuries/aftermath is described by character who was a child at the time.
Stalking: With one lead being a famous actor, there's lots of discussions about stalking in general. Stalking incidents are discussed in detail, though light-heartedly, until
Gun violence, suicide attempt, blood, injury: Someone is shot at and mildy injured.
Toxic Relationship: Heroine has a generally very shitty ex-boyfriend.
Cancer: The male lead's mother is going through cancer treatment. There's mention of having and recovering from surgery, and the characters often briefly visit a hospital. The prognosis
Alcoholism: More than one background character suffers from it.
Car accident, death: Past incident. The accident is described in detail more than once and led to a death by drowning.
Drowning: One almost-incident during the story and one in the past - both described in some detail.
Vomit: One character has a phobia that he often vomits after being exposed to. It's not described in detail.
Abandonment: A character briefly describes a parent leaving them and their other parent abruptly when they were very young.
kcbatts's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Cancer
Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse
Minor: Abandonment and Toxic relationship
matthewslaura'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
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Addiction
atamano'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
3.5
Graphic: Car accident and Gun violence
Moderate: Stalking, Body shaming, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Mental illness and Vomit
hazelgirl21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death and Car accident
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism
apolen's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Stalking, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gun violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Addiction
mysterymom40's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Cancer, Gun violence, Confinement, Mental illness, and Stalking
Minor: Abandonment and Addiction
sam_gorny's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Stalking, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Addiction
camillarossi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Physical abuse, and Stalking
Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Gun violence