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bootsmom3's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Infertility, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pregnancy
euadila's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-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
4.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Infertility, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
bookedinsideout's review against another edition
slow-paced
1.0
This was awful, one of the worst books I’ve ever read. It seems like it was given The Spanish Love Deception treatment. A horribly written and edited self-published book that became immensely popular (this one probably for the taboo), and picked up by a traditional publisher and somehow still put out as is.
The setup was interesting, and definitely carried the book through the first half (part of the reason it’s one of the worst books I’ve read is that usually I would have dropped it much sooner), but the writing was bad. Short and choppy sentences, which was probably exaggerated by the short and choppy chapters. The number of lucky breaks they got (being shipwrecked on an island) became amusing (oh look, my suitcase with the plethora of toiletries I packed!) and I did find that after about a quarter of the way in the author started to use compound sentences, but it was still surprisingly bland. I didn’t really get a sense of these characters or their feelings as we just bounced around from one event to the next.
The second half of the book after they’re rescued slows everything down and highlights the poor writing when there’s no suspense to distract from it. Almost every single person was clueless when it came to how to act around people who went through a traumatic experience (yes, let’s all ask them to tell their stories and keep repeating what an “ordeal” that was!), they have a break where of course the woman has no sex but the man does, and worst of all for me, a horrendous scene with a therapist that’s just dropped there to encourage the continuation of stereotypes. I can’t believe this was on my list for so long.
The setup was interesting, and definitely carried the book through the first half (part of the reason it’s one of the worst books I’ve read is that usually I would have dropped it much sooner), but the writing was bad. Short and choppy sentences, which was probably exaggerated by the short and choppy chapters. The number of lucky breaks they got (being shipwrecked on an island) became amusing (oh look, my suitcase with the plethora of toiletries I packed!) and I did find that after about a quarter of the way in the author started to use compound sentences, but it was still surprisingly bland. I didn’t really get a sense of these characters or their feelings as we just bounced around from one event to the next.
The second half of the book after they’re rescued slows everything down and highlights the poor writing when there’s no suspense to distract from it. Almost every single person was clueless when it came to how to act around people who went through a traumatic experience (yes, let’s all ask them to tell their stories and keep repeating what an “ordeal” that was!), they have a break where of course the woman has no sex but the man does, and worst of all for me, a horrendous scene with a therapist that’s just dropped there to encourage the continuation of stereotypes. I can’t believe this was on my list for so long.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, and Death
Moderate: Infertility, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Child death
100_pages_hr's review against another edition
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
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