Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

56 reviews

stormeno's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Car accident

harvsgiraffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Infidelity

kaykay1307's review

emotional funny hopeful relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

While this isn’t the best book I’ve ever read, this is the book I needed at that moment. I wanted to yell at Bee when she was being dumb and I loved watching Bee and Levi’s interactions. Also! That plot twist got me (which is rare!) I was not expecting it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

skeptic_hecate's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Thus far this was the best from the Ali Hazelwood universe. Bee is actually very likable and I enjoyed reading her. Finally an Ali Hazelwood protagonist who is outspoken, smart and has a spine. The "adorkable" characters from her other books were getting tiring. Btw, can we stop making women usless adults? Not knowing how to cook, bein messy and not exercising is not cute or endearing, it is concerning past certain age. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Abandonment

audc's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

4.5 star quality writing
2.5 star plot 
Read as a gift to a friend 
100 pgs longer than needed (it actually felt like the last 100pgs were an addition separate from the book) 

I don’t normally read romance but how obvious it was from the beginning; the plot…. I don’t want to read romance. 
At least it’s self-aware in the amount of coincidences…
We see it from her point of view. Everytime she’ll say his face flushed and he quickly turned away; he’s angry. *facepalm* 
The language used in describing his actions and the conclusions she drew from it are so different.
Appreciated the technical POV we were given. 
Made me like science even more. 
HOWEVER, not everything about her has to be tied to a romantic aspect. 
I’m glad the miscommunication trope wasn’t ridiculous. 

[Edit:] 3.25 to 3.75 
I can’t stop thinking about the characters ( they’re really well fleshed out ) and their romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Death, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Alcohol, and Car accident

circe813's review

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny and Infidelity

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Body shaming

helenkadetroika's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

imds's review

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

cutepatzie's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

The book is good. Love the relationship and romance here. Again I appreciate showing how hard it still is to be a girl and have a career in the university and since world. I very much appreciate the way of appreciation of mental health characters go to therapy when they need to, they do not feel emberes because of that and that is such a positive thing. My only minus is this a bit cliche but still sweet and cool story is the cat saves the day. Especially when the author a couple of pages before talking about cliche moments in books and movies. But still a good book about a very amazing love story. Every girl deserves a man like Levi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Cursing, Abandonment, Sexism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Car accident, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Chronic illness

tesa_rose's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

I loved this book. It was so good. Quite spicy towards the end but very cute. I loved the build up and the development of blink .

I was so shocked when it was guy and then he was going to kill her. What!!!!!! I so did not see that coming

it was cute and I love the enemies to lovers trope. I also really enjoyed how their backstory’s came out slowly and not all at once. My favorite aspect was probably her Twitter account. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Murder