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ginkgogirl'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Blood, and Gun violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Death, and Body shaming
Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction
meenakshisathish'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? Yes
2.0
Perhaps I’m being a little hard because the heart of the story is really sweet. But the writing and the composition of the story is the real downfall of this book. But I think the nail on the coffin was the unmissable pick-me vibes saturated throughout the whole narrative. There are only three female characters that are redeemable: the main character Hannah, the ailing mother of Jack Stapleton, and the quirky side character Kelly who is really there only to be a comic relief from time to time. The rest of the women in the story are shallow, selfish, and often just outright dumb. The last time I read a romance novel that invested in the patriarchal bargain was in middle school when I read fan fiction stories on Wattpad.
Graphic: Gaslighting and Body shaming
Moderate: Death of parent and Violence
Minor: Abandonment, Blood, and Alcoholism
kiala's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gun violence and Body shaming
Moderate: Stalking, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Alcoholism and Violence
sebradley29's review
- 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: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cancer, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, and Death
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
kaitzeecee's review
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Car accident and Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming and Alcoholism
bethrb's review
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Everything about those dolls and
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Self harm, Classism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt
spill_the_tea's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Playlist:
All of the girls you loved before Taylor Swift
I Know places Taylor Swift
Bleeding Love Leona Lewis
Thank You Sasha Alex Sloan
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death, Body shaming, Car accident, and Hate crime
Minor: Cancer, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual content
joanpack's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Minor: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Grief, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Car accident
maeverose's review against another edition
2.5
Which are:
-Hannah is a very bad bodyguard. She kept protesting doing things that can’t possibly be as bad as things she’s had to do for other jobs, she’s trained to handle tense life threatening situations - yet freaks out and shuts down over a shirtless man in front of her… She’s a grown ass adult, has had sex with men before, and she just shuts down over a man’s undulating six pack (seriously why that word choice)?
-All the back and forth conversations/arguments where Hannah refuses to accept or agree to something but eventually gives in. It always went on way too long, was overdone and got annoying pretty quickly.
-Along those lines, Hannah needing to be told a million times that Jack liked her before she believed it. It started to come across as her just being completely clueless rather than insecure.
-mainly because of those last three things, but also just because of the narration, Hannah seemed very immature.
-a lot of body shaming
-internalized misogyny
-very heteronormative (every single character is cishet)
-I felt like there should’ve been a content warning for suicide attempt for the end of the book. Even though we’re told many times that things could get messy given Hannah’s job, the whole book was very low stakes up until then, and that kind of came out of no where. For a rom com especially, it seemed a bit much. It felt like she almost tried to keep that scene a bit lighthearted as well with the writing style, but that’s not a scene you can make light of imo. It felt a bit insensitive.
Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, and Stalking
Moderate: Cancer, Ableism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Medical content, and Terminal illness
Minor: Fatphobia and Vomit
Graphic: death of a sibling