Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert

18 reviews

maggies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• 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

4.0

Talia Hibbert is so good at writing romance. Even though this is such an unlikely setup for a modern romance, she still made it feel believable, with real world stakes and understandable hangups and motivations. A quick listen, but mind the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

abookwormspov's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

This needed to be twice as long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Classism, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexism, Grief, Body shaming, Racism, and Death of parent

readingwithtemperance's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

I see Talia Hibbert, I pick it up. I unfortunately didn't like this as much as her other books, but that's okay! I still had a great time reading this. And you can really tell her writing has evolved!

I felt this was TOO insta lovey. I mean...

getting engaged only after a few months is wild.

I also didn't feel that they had much chemistry at all. Mainly because well they don't really know eachother. The pacing was off and I felt like our characters didn't get a whole lot of mundane scenes together. Which I think definitely would have made their chemistry more convincing! 

I do like the talks about domestic/child abuse though. And im glad everyone got a happy ending. Yay therapy!

Not gonna lie I did cry when

it panned to two years later and they had their daughter. Who they named Freya after his mother ♡. Such a precious moment.  Especially with all of Ruben's feelings surrounding children due to his childhood. It definitelyshowed his growth.

 
 
Overall I did like this and I would recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Biphobia, Grief, Misogyny, Outing, Classism, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Racism

behindherpages's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

moonieness12's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Body shaming, Gaslighting, Grief, Abortion, and Classism

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

2.5

I immediately started this after finishing the brown sisters trilogy aaaaaand was rather disappointed. One thing I will say is that Talia Hibbert is really good at creating characters and making them realistic and making them have their own distinct voices. But I really didn’t care for the male MC and therefore I didn’t like the romance between him and cherry. I did like the first couple of chapters. But after the paparazzi incident it kinda went down hill for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, and Fatphobia

mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Abandonment, Biphobia, Homophobia, Fatphobia, and Suicide

Stockholm syndrome, in a way; consensual domination; slut shaming

enibodythere's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

ellornaslibrary's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Confinement

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Racism, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Chronic illness