Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Marriage Game by Sara Desai

14 reviews

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

An interesting and diverse book, sam and laylas romance was a whirlwind. The enemies to lovers while fighting their feelings was a fun ride but I got in a slump nonetheless. 

Though certainly perfect for one another, the toxicity of the surrounding bachelor and business drama just put a grey cloud over the book for me. Neeshas DV experience I feel was handled well though.  Overall, it seemed like a great representation of the diversity of Indian culture but as I’m not part of the culture myself it’s an opinion to be taken with a pinch of salt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, and Medical content

kg_chickadee's review

funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

vj_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book was an emotional roller coaster that I did not need. I wasn’t a fan of Sam and Layla’s relationship. I thought it was very unhealthy. I also hated how every male character was written. Not every man constantly thinks about banging women…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Cursing, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Grief, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Vomit, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Car accident

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

Loved it. It was fun and flirty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Drug use

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexism, Vomit, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Emotional abuse

rensreading's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

a cheesy rom-com

i don’t mind cheesy rom-coms in the least. so that’s not the reason i didn’t really like this.

i hated the love interest. i hated all the undealt with misogyny. i hated the way the author wrote when in sam’s pov and didn’t seem to find a problem with what they were writing.

the plot was fine. the story was okay. layla was underwhelmingly average and sam was awful. i liked royce better than i did him and that says a LOT.

i did understand sam’s need to get justice for his sister though. i think others calling him selfish for putting his sister first is also misogynistic and stupid. its wrong of him to quit being a doctor and get his sister’s ex-husband in jail for what he did to her simply bc he isn’t fulfilling every poc parents’ dream by being a doctor? bullshit.

all in all, i’d give this 3 stars and 2 🌶🌶 as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Vomit, Sexual assault, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Death

the main characters do get in a car accident but don’t die. the death tag is related to an off-screen death that happened years before the events in the book.

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-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: Cursing

Minor: Gaslighting, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

blackveilbeccy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

This started off slow but by the end I waa really invested. There was a great, diverse ensemble cast and I found the characters super loveable. Can’t wait to read the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Gaslighting, Addiction, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Sexism, Abandonment, Death, Gun violence, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

peachani's review

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Death, and Fatphobia