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lookitslil's review
Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
hannalizzy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
and yet I ate it up, left zero crumbs, and am requesting the next book on libby. I AM BUT A WOMAN and this book was honestly fucking hilarious.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
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
vr_alyssa's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Infidelity, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders
viselik's review against another edition
I struggled even to get through the pages I did read, I should have not forced myself to read as far as I did. I read it after I saw how popular it was and was curious, well curiosity killed the cat, didn't it?
I wouldn't really recommend anyone get into this series as I don't personally see anything that is worth the price tag here. There are so much better fanfiction sites out there.
This used to be a Wattpad fanfic between a reader insert and Harry Styles, and it's still very obvious to be that! Even Hardin's tattoos are kept the same or are very similar. Do I have to remind people, by the time this book was originally written Harry Styles was a minor and the author was over 20?
The plenty of smut scenes from the small bit I read were rather boring, the level you would expect from a Wattpad fanfic.
Here are some of the notes on the bits I did read. Warning it's full of swearing and spoilers.
Tessa is a lot more judgemental than she seems to think she is.
- She is stuck up and looks down at people who have tattoos and piercings
- "he has destroyed his body with holes and tattoos" - Chapter 5
- Looked down at Hardin for liking books
- "There is no way a rude, disrespectful, tattooed jerk like Hardin could possibly enjoy those amazing works. The only thing I can picture him reading is the back of a beer bottle." - Chapter 10
- She is scarily naive.
- Hardin, is also a judgemental twat but he at least knows he is one.
- Doesn't really date but sleeps with girls constantly
- "No way. Hardin doesn’t date. He fucks with a lot of girls, but he doesn’t date anyone. Ever."
- Likes books.
- Is very active in the bedroom
- “Does Hardin have a lot of friends with benefits?” I don’t want to hear the answer, but I can’t help asking. She snorts and sits down on her bed across from me. “Yeah, he does. I mean, not like hundreds, but he’s a pretty . . . active guy.”
- The book's chapters are done in a really poor way, each chapter is like 2 pages long, and it feels like Wattpad fanfic still.
- I still cannot get over how this story was written when Harry Styles was <i>16 or 17 years old</i>.
- Chapter 18 has an attempted r*pe scene. Great.
- I don't remember if this book has a content warning for that.
- If not it really needs one.
- We kind of just move on from that as well.
- Chapter 19 is about making out with Hardin and starting to get more than just making out, Hardin is sucking on her neck, how cute Tessa is cheating on her boyfriend.
- Like she wasn't totally just nearly assaulted in the last chapter.
- She even forgets about her boyfriend for a bit.
- Girlfriend of the Year right here.
- Hardin has a boner from it but is hiding it.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Rape, Alcohol, and Infidelity
Moderate: Classism, Sexism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Drug use
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
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
josefinemartensson'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? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Cursing, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Sexual content
itsmemiana's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I was really disappointed by this... specially since it's really popular... and I watched the first movie when it came out and I actually liked it (didn't love it but liked it yk)... but the book was just not it. In fact I really don't know if I wanna read the rest, I'm a little curious to what happens next because the book definitely got more interesting towards the end but still idk if I want to put myself through that, we'll see... they're all on Wattpad as far as I know so I can read them for free so we'll see if I decide to read at least one more.
the characters were very meh, and the main relationship was toxic as hell. for example Hardin had A LOT of red flags, like for every green flag he had, there were another 10 red flags. and I don't see many people talking about this because out of the two of them Hardin was definitely worst, but Tessa was toxic too.
this book constantly slut-shames (Tessa does that a lot) and basically makes it seem like virgins are better than everyone else (note that I actually am a virgin, and not ashamed, at the time I'm writing this review and I obviously didn't find this amusing at all).
and yeah the two main characters were cute sometimes but they always went back to being toxic, specially Hardin, I couldn't stand him most of the time.
if I do decide to read another one of these books I hope there's A LOT of character development, because it's very much needed.
Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Vomit