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yellowpurple500's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I found the links back to the wedding storyline interesting and I enjoyed the character development of Violet. However, the rest of the book fell a little flat for me. I found the other characters a bit dull and not fleshed out enough, especially all the male characters.
For an erotica I found myself rolling my eyes a lot at the sex scenes. It felt like if someone just looked at Violet she came. There were points where someone barely touched her and she was at the point of orgasm. I get this woman is horny but CALM DOWN.
For an erotica I found myself rolling my eyes a lot at the sex scenes. It felt like if someone just looked at Violet she came. There were points where someone barely touched her and she was at the point of orgasm. I get this woman is horny but CALM DOWN.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Addiction
emisbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
i am incredibly conflicted about my feelings on this book. at first i liked it, especially the theme of limerence which is very relatable to me. the writing is painfully real and at points amusing, although i found the pacing to be a bit off at points.
the characters are insufferable, especially max who is a complete manchild. i found violet (the protagonist) insufferable at many points too, even if her struggles were very real. she was constantly making stupid decisions. overall, she was a very frustrating MC to read about, especially considering this book is in the first person perspective.
however my main problem with this book is that it's all effect and no cause - everything occurs without a real reason or explanation. it was incredibly frustrating.
there is also so much smut in this book it's almost excessive. it wasn't exciting, but rather very repetitive. i found myself thinking "here we go again" every time.
tldr: mixed feelings. more bad than good. all effect with no cause. characters suck. too much smut.
the characters are insufferable, especially max who is a complete manchild. i found violet (the protagonist) insufferable at many points too, even if her struggles were very real. she was constantly making stupid decisions. overall, she was a very frustrating MC to read about, especially considering this book is in the first person perspective.
however my main problem with this book is that it's all effect and no cause - everything occurs without a real reason or explanation. it was incredibly frustrating.
there is also so much smut in this book it's almost excessive. it wasn't exciting, but rather very repetitive. i found myself thinking "here we go again" every time.
tldr: mixed feelings. more bad than good. all effect with no cause. characters suck. too much smut.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage
ruddsreads's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
just aggressively off-puttingly english
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Vomit
campbellio's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders
booksandbargains's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I REALLY don't know what to say about this one! I was really enjoying it, and the bisexual representation was spot in, for the first time! There was this feeling though to me that the last 10% things happened that shouldn't have all happened so fast in my opinion, it was just really jarring and a little bit too neat. Overall I enjoyed the book, but there needs to be some major content warnings and I think serious themes such as EDs were just kind of thrown in flippantly and then ignored. I enjoyed the authors writing style but yeah< I am going to have to put more thought into this one!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder
lauren_smyth's review against another edition
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
- 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
3.5
Firstly this book was hilarious (while somehow also being incredibly sad). It was easy to read and I flew through it! I really wish the ending wasn’t so rushed though, it felt a bit just odd. Like magically things changed over the last 30 pages. Also I don’t know if it was just me being unobservant but there really wasn’t much of a sense of time in this.
Overall I do recommend this book! It’s a good read and I’m looking forward to reading more by the author
(Definitely check the TW before you read)
Overall I do recommend this book! It’s a good read and I’m looking forward to reading more by the author
(Definitely check the TW before you read)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Eating disorder and Vomit
breekeeler's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Child death
ramreadsagain's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
2.25
I did expect more from this but it was still an entertaining read.
The bad decisions by the MC got a bit annoying, and the sex scenes were frankly bizarre, starting and ending very suddenly. Plus the MC came within about four seconds every time which just made the entire thing feel even more unrealistic.
It has some interesting things to say about rich people/the art world but when getting down to the nitty gritty story I was dissatisfied.
The bad decisions by the MC got a bit annoying, and the sex scenes were frankly bizarre, starting and ending very suddenly. Plus the MC came within about four seconds every time which just made the entire thing feel even more unrealistic.
It has some interesting things to say about rich people/the art world but when getting down to the nitty gritty story I was dissatisfied.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexism, Child death, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault
foxonabook's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I picked up this book because it's different from what I would usually gravitate to. I thought this would be a more erotic version of Sally Rooney's books, but what I got was smutty fanfiction masquerading as a queer contemporary novel.
Violet is a lonely 26-year-old millennial stuck in a dead-end job and drifting aimlessly through life. Until one day she meets the mysterious and attractive Lottie and her entire life is upended within the space of a few days. Literally. A few days. Is the reader truly expected to believe that anything portrayed in the book is plausible?
Surprisingly, the poorly written sex (which, if I'm being brutally honest, is better described as written by a teenager whose only source material is really cheap and unrealistic porn) wasn't my biggest bugbear. It was how incredibly unbelievable Violet was portrayed. Perhaps I'm not the target audience, but, geez... this was the second contemporary millennial chick-lit that I read where I felt millennial women were very poorly, one-dimensionally and stereotypically portrayed. Violet has no redeeming qualities.
I was also infuriated by some of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it themes that Buchanan clearly included as a tick-box exercise, such as the eating disorder, coercive abuse, sexual assault, etc.
Don't bother with this.
Violet is a lonely 26-year-old millennial stuck in a dead-end job and drifting aimlessly through life. Until one day she meets the mysterious and attractive Lottie and her entire life is upended within the space of a few days. Literally. A few days. Is the reader truly expected to believe that anything portrayed in the book is plausible?
Surprisingly, the poorly written sex (which, if I'm being brutally honest, is better described as written by a teenager whose only source material is really cheap and unrealistic porn) wasn't my biggest bugbear. It was how incredibly unbelievable Violet was portrayed. Perhaps I'm not the target audience, but, geez... this was the second contemporary millennial chick-lit that I read where I felt millennial women were very poorly, one-dimensionally and stereotypically portrayed. Violet has no redeeming qualities.
I was also infuriated by some of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it themes that Buchanan clearly included as a tick-box exercise, such as the eating disorder, coercive abuse, sexual assault, etc.
Don't bother with this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Vomit
Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Mental illness