Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Dare by Elle Kennedy

5 reviews

britwalsh16's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

OMG! This book is EVERYTHING! Like the amount of emotions I am feeling right now is insane! I am Taylor, Taylor is me! I identified sooo much with her it was insane! & Conor with all his talk about body positivity & all his support of Taylor, just made me swoon to no end!! I NEED a man like Conor! He is everything!! If I could give this book 10 stars I would! 100 stars! They go through a lot of very serious stuff, & it was all written so beautifully! I just couldn’t put it down, but also, I did not want it to end!! Give me more of Taylor & Conor please!! Pretty pretty please!!! 🥺🙏🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Grief, Sexual assault, Outing, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Classism, Vomit, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I appreciate how consumable Elle Kennedy's series are. Even if I'm reading it for the first time, there's some inherent comfort in that.

What threw me with The Deal was the heroine, Taylor's, very clear disordered eating habits that were never addressed. Please be mindful of that if you decide to read this book. I debated rating this book lower than a three because of it but ultimately rounded up because there were still enjoyable components elsewhere in the novel. However, I think this is potentially the weakest of the Briar U series.

So easy to read but kind of a meh 3-star rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Bullying, Body shaming, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity

itsamylynne's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Outing, and Homophobia

culzean's review against another edition

funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Vomit, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Classism, and Misogyny

annreadss's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia