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blackveilbeccy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
At first I really did not like the FMC and found her selfish and vapid, but her personal growth and character development were both very deep. The MMC was someone I liked from the start - his stoic, practical, routine-driven personality was appealing. I did not buy the InstaLove here, but the relationship gradually became more believable as it unfolded.
The sexual content in this was absolutely gratuitous and took a lot away from the story. I skimmed / skipped it all.
Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
caitlinemccann's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Gaslighting
martapsalvado'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? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief
ka_ke'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? Yes
5.0
It Happened One Summer is a perfect mix of Schitts Creek and Canadian East Coast culture, as a Canadian thats the best way to describe this lovely book.
Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Grief, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
isabezza's review against another edition
2.0
Danger in a man can be exciting to a woman, until it's not anymore, then it's shattering.
Bailey constructed a gripping narrative, with predictable but breath-taking twists where our characters are forced to make tough decisions which as readers we would not want to make. Bailey's world-building and setting descriptions were beautiful, naturally talented, and engaged a reader's imagination.
There was a ghost between them, and a ring on his finger, and all of it needed resolving first.
[...] making her close her eyes, press her forehead to the tile wall, and ask God, very politely, to bring this stubborn man home safely.
Overall, this story had a good level of tension and tellability, but the sexual content was too severe for me to enjoy, the characterisation was a little uncomfortable, and the plot predictable.
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Abandonment
michaelat21'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship
vj_thompson'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
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, and Classism
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Minor: Child death, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Drug use, and Vomit
skyeuqx'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Grief and Toxic friendship
Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, Sexism, and Abandonment
mhairi_reads'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
4.0
I can be in a room full of people that I know and still not feel like I belong.
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death
Moderate: Classism, Medical content, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, and Child death
hrtlss_grl'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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment
Minor: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Death of parent