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Pucking Around by Emily Rath

20 reviews

mini_johnson's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

rustbeltcoastie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Just… no… save yourself…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

immovabletype'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy, Outing, and Alcohol

There's a lot of behavior from various players toward the FMC in the capacity of her job that is meant to be cute but would absolutely be sexual harassment irl.

scubadivinggirl's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

wildatheart1339's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

futureofmydays's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

lindseyb317's review

funny relaxing slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

dani_reis's review

Way too long of a book. Need more plot. Baby is said so much it's nauseating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Alcohol

mrsmishler's review

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Injury/Injury detail

ladynavalon's review

funny slow-paced

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

1.0

Let's be honest. This book is for what it is, period. To read it with your favorite toy at hand and not give the plot too much thought. Porn with (bad) plot, that's all. Don't take it seriously... because if you do.... well, it's a book with some pretty toxic characters. Rachel is a whiny (actually, she whines all the time), manipulative spoiled brat who at no time thinks about anything but her brown pussy. Jake is an insecure little boy who has a lot of self-esteem to work on, the author says he's a golden reteiever, but perhaps he's the most toxic. Caleb could have been an interesting character if he had accepted his sexuality and communicated more, (as it looked like he was going to). And Ilmari... look, the guy is possessive as fuck and has monumental trauma. But hey, they're all possessive as hell and carry their traumas with them. If I dig deeper into the plot, I get more pissed off: their (the boy's) sexuality is specifically misrepresented, because they never admit that they like boys; the relationships between them.... (I think it would all make more sense if Caleb and Jake had something going on before Rachel arrived, if Ilmari had entered the relationship through Jake or Caleb, not Rachel). And worst of all, how toxic and unrealistic relationships and sex are, and that this is available to young impressionable girls. Zero judgedment if you read it as an adult with a head in orden to have a good time, but making it available to young girls seems very dangerous to me and normalizes horrible and super toxic things.
Not LGTB+ friendly at all!!!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent