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anastasia_raf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Grief, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Sexism
glass_carousel's review
- 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
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent
cemeterygay's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I would add on as a note that the weird JKR references didn't land well, you could just not mention her especially when combined with the weird antisemitic conspiracy theory jokes in the book. Also the muslim rep is ... questionable to put it lightly.
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Death, Antisemitism, and Death of parent
Minor: Racism and Fatphobia
kshertz's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
livreads16's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
Minor: Fatphobia
kbairbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Minor: Fatphobia and Infidelity
armontheroad's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
- For starters, Talia Hibbert uses car accidents throughout this entire trilogy as a motivation for the characters' storylines without giving a content warning. I have not seen any reviews talking about this. As someone with car trauma, it took me by surprise and was very difficult to get through at points.
- Let’s move on to the paragraph with the two antisemitic lines. “...He might be some lizard overlord wearing human skin. ….Dani didn’t have a problem with lizard overlords as long as they left her books alone.” This is the second time I’ve had to call out authors putting this antisemitic conspiracy theory into their books. It doesn’t matter that Hibbert called out another author’s antisemitism at the start of the book if she’s going to use an antisemitic conspiracy theory as the butt of the joke later on in the story.
- Thirdly, Talia Hibbert has a very short scene in one of the early chapters where she calls out JKR’s antisemitism and racism. Which is fine! However, you cannot ‘call out’ an author and then spend the rest of the book dropping references to their most popular book series. Once again, there were no content warnings from any of the creators I follow discussing the JKR/HP references in this book.
Graphic: Car accident
Moderate: Antisemitism
Minor: Racism and Fatphobia
readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
I adored Dani and Zaf's interactions with each other and the writing in this book was so snappy, witty and fun. Talia Hibbert truly is a master of her craft. It was great to see bi rep front and center and I know I'm going to be thinking about this book for a long time. (The only thing I'm not sure about is the Muslim rep, so I'd recommend checking out own voices reviews about that.)
Content warnings for confinement, panic attacks, discussions of anxiety, depression, racism, biphobia, loss of a family member, fatphobia.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death
Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny
agnesbebon's review against another edition
4.5
Zafir? Hot. Dani? Hot.
I loved and greatly appreciated Hibbert’s ability to write about the fatphobia fat women experience in a funny and non-triggering way. “Oh dear he thinks I’m a fat slut. I might die of a broken heart” had me cackling and was so relatable. I don’t know how to describe Talia Hibbert other than fucking delightful. This book is witty, charming, revealing, and full of spice. I love and appreciate Hibbert’s ability to write fat characters without focusing on body insecurities. I love her ability to write with both characters voices within one sentence and I found myself rereading scenes so they wouldn’t end. This is a perfect romance novel.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Grief
bexi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
But I thought Dani was kind of toxic, I'm sorry. Did I think that because the way she treated her last "partner" throughout the entire book (yes even the ending) hit a little too close for me and my feelings were hurt? Maybe. My feelings are valid and I said what I said 😭
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Cursing, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
Minor: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident