Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

18 reviews

lunamorte33's review

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? It's complicated

4.5

They are so CUTE I loved them so much.
It’s been weeks and I’m still thinking about them. The story was hilariously dumb but their relationship was so cute it. I don’t even watch reality tv but this book makes me want to try it out. I loved the way they addressed mental health in this book and I just want more of the characters in this world.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Bullying

Minor: Emotional abuse

axel_p's review

challenging emotional funny sad 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? Yes

4.0

The way that Alison wrote about depression in this book hit close to home.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Vomit, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

lady_elle's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Mental illness

mefrias's review

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book was such a nice surprise! I didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. If you’ve read Heartstopper, this is a more mature version with all of the same pining and heart-tugging gay panic. Not quite smutty, but all of the intimate scenes are still satisfying and enthralling. Didn’t give it a 5 just because it’s a little too “after-school special” for my taste but the author is an 11th grade teacher so that tracks! Great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, and Biphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

a_rasmussen's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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? Yes

4.5

Amazing. In my feels. I love it so so much <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Violence and Biphobia

kynthebookworm's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Violence, and Vomit

saeruh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

So GOOD. So funny that I actually laughed out loud more than a couple times, so sweet and romantic, and so simply charming. I loved how both of the main characters dealt with mental illness and it never made them less than or undeserving of them. I thought it was a really great of depression and anxiety (i personally have both so can only speak to those) as well as OCD and panic disorder! Loved the casual non-binary representation. I’m still not the biggest fan of the third act breakup in romance books so that would be my only dispute but I’m pretty sure I’ve never read one without that trope. Dev and Charlie were just so sweet together together, they really cared about one another. did make me cry at work 👍

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit and Violence

allisonplus's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Violence

cluckieduck's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic friendship, Violence, and Sexual content