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sat0rii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Infidelity
Moderate: Rape and Addiction
Minor: Child abuse
brittneydye19'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Addiction
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Violence
thebookpaiges's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.25
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Infidelity, Blood, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse
What in the harry styles fanfic was that shit….?jamiejanae_6's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
soriyah534'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic friendship, Infertility, Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage
planetshelf'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
2.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship
pleigh02's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Panic attacks/disorders
readingduckling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.25
Every character in this book is absolutely toxic beginning with the main character, she seemed to like it to make everyones life difficult and provoce people in her proximity just to feel like the 'main character' I think the author wanted the reader to relate to this character but she was just a jackass.
Every friend and love interest ist also toxic in their own special way and in very depressed need of therapy.
Just like every adult mentioned in this story.
The writing style was sloppy the author was repeating the same words in a sentence, except for using euphemism so at least the writing style wouldn't feel that repetitive. But I think this is to much to ask. The story it self was also repetitive every chapter/part of the story was the same. The main character fights with the main love interest, they fight they make up, they make up, they do something sexual and then the circle stars over again. I was more than annoyed reading this book because ist was the same thing 100x over and over and over again.
If you are now wondering, why I didn't stop reading it, it was because some friends and coworkers recommended this book and wanted me to read it; 'because it's sooooo good'. It really wasn't!
First I thought maybe I didn't like the book because it's young adult, but that doesn't make any sense, because I often read young adult books that I really enjoy (my first 5 out of 5 book this year was a young adult book). And about half of the people recommending this book to me are older than I am.
In a way I am really shocked, that this bullshit, is a young adult book because I think it would be dangerous for young people to read this book (- series) they get the wrong idea of what a relationship in any definition of the word should look like. I don't have a a problem with toxic relationships being presented in books for teens/kids/young adults but than it should be clear that it is toxic. It doesn't happen in this book at all.
And I have a problem with this book that resembles a problem with the 50 shades series, it has a relationship that resembles a Dom/sup dynamic but has nothing that is important in this kinds of relationships, especially no after care.
All in all it is a disgrace that anyone was ever able to make money with this story, I will most definitely not read it again, I do not ever recommend reading it to everyone. And I will not read the other books in this series, or consume everything else realated to this.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting
malignant_gnome's review
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Abandonment, Biphobia, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
andriaspyrou'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
4.25
I love the romance between Tessa and Hardin. It’s undeniably one of my favorite love stories. They have their ups and downs, they’re so different but somehow so perfect for each other.
Even though Hardin was a real prick with many issues, you just couldn’t not like him and sympathize with him. Yes, their relationship is very toxic and Hardin is basically a walking red flag, but you just can’t stop reading about their romance. I have to say that sometimes Tessa was in the wrong, it wasn’t always Hardin’s fault. But in comparison to how Hardin was behaving through the whole relationship, Tessa was an angel.
The ending had me in shock when I first read the book because for me it was quite unexpected. A major plot twist. I felt so sorry for Tessa and was so pissed at Hardin and basically everyone in that friend group (especially Steph). Very childish and cruel to do that to a person.
If the writing was better, it would be definitely be a 5⭐️ for me. But because I still love this book so much, I’m giving it a 4,5⭐️.
*Also have to mention that I was and still am a One Direction and Harry Styles fan so that’s basically the reason why I read this book. And probably the reason why I feel so attached to it*
Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Violence