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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4 stars really? Yeah I’m sorry I’m going to be mean.
If I could give this 0 stars I would… is the author okay in the head?????
This misogynistic, racist, racially ignorant, exploitative, cringe-fest series left me speechless. I was obviously punishing myself by reading up to the third book.
I saw a review of I think the 5th book that said each book progressively gets worse and worse but the person was going to continue reading because they’re a masochist and I had to laugh because it is painfully true.
Has this author ever experienced real-life trauma before? because these books were so unrealistic and hard to finish.
This author is clearly trying to push their anti abortion beliefs.
Cheating was portrayed as something much worse than fucking rape.
Rape was used as a plot device and the way it was depicted was so disrespectful to actual rape victims. Riley did not experience any PTSD, the only problem she had was that everyone thought she was a liar and she had to be homeschooled. Rape was portrayed almost superficially it was not okay.
Teen pregnancy was downplayed and portrayed as something easy without any struggles.
Brady was so awful??? Like he had no business trying to talk to Riley to ease his conscience??? It blew my mind the way he felt he needed to insert himself in the situation because he needed to see if she was a liar or not??
Brady praised her for not getting an abortion, saw that as a good testament to her character like “she didn’t get an abortion another reason that must mean she’s not a lying vindictive manipulative person” …. SHE WAS RAPED YOU PIECE OF SOUTHERN YIPPEE KI SHUTTHEFUCKUP GARBAGE
If I could give this 0 stars I would… is the author okay in the head?????
This misogynistic, racist, racially ignorant, exploitative, cringe-fest series left me speechless. I was obviously punishing myself by reading up to the third book.
I saw a review of I think the 5th book that said each book progressively gets worse and worse but the person was going to continue reading because they’re a masochist and I had to laugh because it is painfully true.
Has this author ever experienced real-life trauma before? because these books were so unrealistic and hard to finish.
This author is clearly trying to push their anti abortion beliefs.
Cheating was portrayed as something much worse than fucking rape.
Rape was used as a plot device and the way it was depicted was so disrespectful to actual rape victims. Riley did not experience any PTSD, the only problem she had was that everyone thought she was a liar and she had to be homeschooled. Rape was portrayed almost superficially it was not okay.
Teen pregnancy was downplayed and portrayed as something easy without any struggles.
Brady was so awful??? Like he had no business trying to talk to Riley to ease his conscience??? It blew my mind the way he felt he needed to insert himself in the situation because he needed to see if she was a liar or not??
Brady praised her for not getting an abortion, saw that as a good testament to her character like “she didn’t get an abortion another reason that must mean she’s not a lying vindictive manipulative person” …. SHE WAS RAPED YOU PIECE OF SOUTHERN YIPPEE KI SHUTTHEFUCKUP GARBAGE
What I Liked:
~The relationship- I really enjoyed the relationship in this book. It was cute, a little more relaxed than some of the other relationships Abbi has written about, and they definitely connected way more. I love when a relationship forms after a friendship. It makes everything just a little bit more enjoyable and I’m able to connect more to certain characters.
~The writing- As always, nothing new here. I love her writing.
~The perfect amount of drama- Usually her books have quite a lot of drama, but this one was a little more toned down, and I loved it just the same.
What I Disliked:
~That cliff hanger!- I really hated the cliff hanger. I hate when we never know if something will work out the way we want it too, and I’m just left sitting there after reading it, wondering and stressing over whether everything goes well or not.
~There better be a part 2- Because of that cliff hanger, yes… there better be a part two.
~The relationship- I really enjoyed the relationship in this book. It was cute, a little more relaxed than some of the other relationships Abbi has written about, and they definitely connected way more. I love when a relationship forms after a friendship. It makes everything just a little bit more enjoyable and I’m able to connect more to certain characters.
~The writing- As always, nothing new here. I love her writing.
~The perfect amount of drama- Usually her books have quite a lot of drama, but this one was a little more toned down, and I loved it just the same.
What I Disliked:
~That cliff hanger!- I really hated the cliff hanger. I hate when we never know if something will work out the way we want it too, and I’m just left sitting there after reading it, wondering and stressing over whether everything goes well or not.
~There better be a part 2- Because of that cliff hanger, yes… there better be a part two.
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3.5 stars — Phew! This one still had me wobbly on a few things, but the fact that I started reading it when I went to bed and stayed up until 4am to finish it speaks pretty strongly to it being compelling, donchathink? 😉 Seriously though, I could not put this one down. So despite the little niggles, I still feel like this one was another hit for me.
Brady was (mostly) redeemed!!! He was a bit more back to what I had expected from book one. But he still didn’t completely work for me, despite being relieved that I generally liked who he was inside. I loved how thoughtful he was, I loved how strong his conscience was and that he was unable to ignore it. I loved that when he understood what the right thing to do was, he couldn’t rest until he did it. The problem was that he was never completely convinced on some of the things that I feel he did wrong (particularly Ivy). I wasn’t always impressed with how he thought of himself as a good guy, and didn’t recognize that he wasn’t *always* a good guy. I don’t know if that makes sense. But true good people can see their own flaws as well, in my opinion. And on a similar Brady front, I’m not entirely sure how I feel about how he inevitably handled his family drama. I felt like it was real and honest and even flawed. But by the end of the book I was concerned that he never seemed to address his anger…he just kind of brushed over it. That seemed like a missed opportunity to me.
I definitely fell for Riley…she wasn’t without her own flaws, but I felt a lot for her. I empathized with what she went through, and how strong she was and what a positive outlook she had about life in general. She was a bit of a contradiction though, because she was still very jaded and I’m not sure how well she would have healed if she hadn’t gone on this journey with Brady. I loved how she loved Bryony though, and how she became her reason in the past as well as in the present — the changes she made, the reason she was convinced to try harder was Bryony. Sometimes I wanted her lessons learned to be more…obvious? I feel like she learned and grew, but sometimes I wanted it to be more prevalent, less subtle. Probably not making sense.
The two of them were pretty adorable together once their friendship started turning into more, I definitely got some butterflies.
Can I just say that in general I really loved Riley’s parents?? They were very supportive and encouraging. And I appreciated what we saw about how they all dealt with Grandmamma’s Alzheimer’s…I don’t have personal experience, but from my perspective it felt realistic and sensitive.
I was still a bit dismayed at the way many of the high school girls are represented, but I wasn’t expecting different after the first 2 books. And hey, at least we got to see Riley, Willa and Maggie finally have girl friends with each other.
So the one thing that I am…conflicted about is how Riley’s rape was dealt with/addressed. I 100% understand that everyone deals with these things in different ways, but I found the constant mention that Bryony made it all OK and that she would go through it again to get Bryony…odd. But that’s probably b/c I can’t relate to that. I think after the last book’s semi-preaching about “the evils of pot”, a small part of me was concerned that there was an underlying message about keeping babies after rape (ie pro life), but I think I’m paranoid and influenced by the last John Oliver I watched… 😛 I was also kind of let down with the apologies from people…and seriously, it’s a CRIME, I felt like it wasn’t treated seriously enough. And the Rhett stuff at the end??? WTF? I don’t know, I had a hard time accepting a lot of that.
Ohh!!! I lied. I have one more thing. Is it just me, or was the drinking and driving in this book treated really lightly? That is something I’m actually NOT okay with, and there are no lectures, no consequences, and I honestly don’t even think he thought he did anything wrong. WTF?
So yeah. This is an interesting series b/c it has so many things that bother me, but then it also really compels me and sucks me in. CONFLICTED!!!!! Ah well, at least my curiosity is satisfied now, and I can leave this series on a higher note. It remains to be seen whether I’ll chance more conflicted feelings to read Nash’s story this summer…can’t decide.
3.5 stars — Phew! This one still had me wobbly on a few things, but the fact that I started reading it when I went to bed and stayed up until 4am to finish it speaks pretty strongly to it being compelling, donchathink? 😉 Seriously though, I could not put this one down. So despite the little niggles, I still feel like this one was another hit for me.
Brady was (mostly) redeemed!!! He was a bit more back to what I had expected from book one. But he still didn’t completely work for me, despite being relieved that I generally liked who he was inside. I loved how thoughtful he was, I loved how strong his conscience was and that he was unable to ignore it. I loved that when he understood what the right thing to do was, he couldn’t rest until he did it. The problem was that he was never completely convinced on some of the things that I feel he did wrong (particularly Ivy). I wasn’t always impressed with how he thought of himself as a good guy, and didn’t recognize that he wasn’t *always* a good guy. I don’t know if that makes sense. But true good people can see their own flaws as well, in my opinion. And on a similar Brady front, I’m not entirely sure how I feel about how he inevitably handled his family drama. I felt like it was real and honest and even flawed. But by the end of the book I was concerned that he never seemed to address his anger…he just kind of brushed over it. That seemed like a missed opportunity to me.
I definitely fell for Riley…she wasn’t without her own flaws, but I felt a lot for her. I empathized with what she went through, and how strong she was and what a positive outlook she had about life in general. She was a bit of a contradiction though, because she was still very jaded and I’m not sure how well she would have healed if she hadn’t gone on this journey with Brady. I loved how she loved Bryony though, and how she became her reason in the past as well as in the present — the changes she made, the reason she was convinced to try harder was Bryony. Sometimes I wanted her lessons learned to be more…obvious? I feel like she learned and grew, but sometimes I wanted it to be more prevalent, less subtle. Probably not making sense.
The two of them were pretty adorable together once their friendship started turning into more, I definitely got some butterflies.
Can I just say that in general I really loved Riley’s parents?? They were very supportive and encouraging. And I appreciated what we saw about how they all dealt with Grandmamma’s Alzheimer’s…I don’t have personal experience, but from my perspective it felt realistic and sensitive.
I was still a bit dismayed at the way many of the high school girls are represented, but I wasn’t expecting different after the first 2 books. And hey, at least we got to see Riley, Willa and Maggie finally have girl friends with each other.
So the one thing that I am…conflicted about is how Riley’s rape was dealt with/addressed. I 100% understand that everyone deals with these things in different ways, but I found the constant mention that Bryony made it all OK and that she would go through it again to get Bryony…odd. But that’s probably b/c I can’t relate to that. I think after the last book’s semi-preaching about “the evils of pot”, a small part of me was concerned that there was an underlying message about keeping babies after rape (ie pro life), but I think I’m paranoid and influenced by the last John Oliver I watched… 😛 I was also kind of let down with the apologies from people…and seriously, it’s a CRIME, I felt like it wasn’t treated seriously enough. And the Rhett stuff at the end??? WTF? I don’t know, I had a hard time accepting a lot of that.
Ohh!!! I lied. I have one more thing. Is it just me, or was the drinking and driving in this book treated really lightly? That is something I’m actually NOT okay with, and there are no lectures, no consequences, and I honestly don’t even think he thought he did anything wrong. WTF?
So yeah. This is an interesting series b/c it has so many things that bother me, but then it also really compels me and sucks me in. CONFLICTED!!!!! Ah well, at least my curiosity is satisfied now, and I can leave this series on a higher note. It remains to be seen whether I’ll chance more conflicted feelings to read Nash’s story this summer…can’t decide.
3.5 stars
My first binge read of 2019! As mushy and fluffy as this whole series is...this book definitely made me feel things.
This is the last novel in The Field Party series that takes place is the same academic year as the first two, following football players Brady, West, and Gunner. As I read the scenes of their final football games together, I found myself relating to the nostalgia that the characters were experiencing. As stupid as it sounds, it was as if I had watched the three of them amidst their struggles with football, their personal lives, and in their relationships with each other. I’d witnessed them sort through all that and mature as characters...and so I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of sadness for the fact that their senior year was over and now these glory days were coming to a close.
While I initially picked this series up for the cheesy appeal of the whole small-Southern-town-high-school-romance premise, I’m beginning to realize that the whole magic behind this series is, in fact, in the realism behind it. It’s quite amazing how all of these characters from across the three books have come together and changed in each. There were times, like when happening upon drama in real life high school, I found myself thinking, “OMG...I can’t believe this happened! What’s *Gunner* going to say?”
Although this book is certainly far from perfect...I definitely found it a fun and engaging read.
My first binge read of 2019! As mushy and fluffy as this whole series is...this book definitely made me feel things.
This is the last novel in The Field Party series that takes place is the same academic year as the first two, following football players Brady, West, and Gunner. As I read the scenes of their final football games together, I found myself relating to the nostalgia that the characters were experiencing. As stupid as it sounds, it was as if I had watched the three of them amidst their struggles with football, their personal lives, and in their relationships with each other. I’d witnessed them sort through all that and mature as characters...and so I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of sadness for the fact that their senior year was over and now these glory days were coming to a close.
While I initially picked this series up for the cheesy appeal of the whole small-Southern-town-high-school-romance premise, I’m beginning to realize that the whole magic behind this series is, in fact, in the realism behind it. It’s quite amazing how all of these characters from across the three books have come together and changed in each. There were times, like when happening upon drama in real life high school, I found myself thinking, “OMG...I can’t believe this happened! What’s *Gunner* going to say?”
Although this book is certainly far from perfect...I definitely found it a fun and engaging read.