Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

4 reviews

trashbinfluencer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Racism, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Sexism, and Gun violence

harmonj3's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Almost didn’t read due to the reviews, but the scene that people are taking issue with isn’t what you think which you only find out if you finish reading it. That said, the book does play with power dynamics in sexual relationships in ways that can be difficult to read independent of this scene. If it bothers you, others will too so I wouldn’t recommend reading it. 

There are multiple plots playing out and the ways they converged was well done.  I also didn’t feel like the characters that were introduced that make up the other books in this series made things hard to follow  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking and Misogyny

barbara_sf's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Kidnapping and Stalking

sten89's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

While this is a romance book, it covers heavier topics. Some of which took me out of the story. Before reading I wish I had known that within the first few chapters, it appears that an adult is picking up a 16 year old for sex. This was a sex game an adult couple was playing but it almost made me DNF the book. 

The writing was pretty good. Some chapters would switch perspectives with no clear transfer that took me a while to get used to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Incest, Stalking, Sexual content, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Misogyny