Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

68 reviews

maddiehoop's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse

pernillelsk's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent

naomi_k's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Infidelity

troglodata's review against another edition

hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

tabea1409's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Sexual content, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

cutepatzie's review against another edition

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

hecksbecks's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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

4.5

Ali Hazelwood has done it again. She got me to read another one of her cheesy STEM romance books in under 8 hours. And I love every minute of it. I would even go as far to say that this is my favorite of hers. 
The characters are likable, the interactions are real and the emotion is so well done. You FEEL Bee’s panic, her fear, her deep, deep love. The one sided Enemies-to-Lovers plot was initially what hooked me but I was glad it didn’t persist for the duration of the book. Instead

we got a satisfying meld with a he-fell-hard-she-fell-harder that tickled my fancy. AND the sex was great, so well written, not at all raunchy or distasteful. .

OMG THE TWIST!! As predictable as the book was I really couldn’t flush out the full details, I have to commend Ali for that.
Aside from being a tad predictable and the tendency that our author has to “break the illusion” by having her character say something extremely meta I really loved it. 
I had barely finished Love on The Brain and I was recommending it to my best friend. An overall enjoyable read that’d pull anyone out of a reading slump. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders

hayzey's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Misogyny

Moderate: Stalking, Misogyny, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexism, and Gun violence

Minor: Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Violence, and Stalking

katievallin's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal death, and Infidelity

Minor: Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Chronic illness

kelsimitchell's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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

4.0

Ahh I loved this so much! Probably my favorite of these 3 STEM-themed books. Such a great, cheesy, romantic love story! Also, I know I’m not the only one that wanted to punch the Wards in the face. Just had to throw that out there! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence