Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

66 reviews

emilypete17's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

notbrekker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

This book made me laugh, gasp, cry and so many other emotions. It was so amazing I read for 10h straight! The characters are so human and the story just brings out why they who they are and it really tied everything together. The romance has got to be the best I have ever read that for a second it felt more like fanfiction. 100% recommend to anyone!!   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

say_mine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Bullying, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

srk001's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

Reread: Didn’t like it enough the second time around.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

2.5

There were parts of this book that I absolutely loved...and some parts that I really didn't.

I really loved the trip to Spain and the Spanish. There were some really funny moments during their time there. And truly I enjoyed all of the interactions between Aaron and Lina. I actually really liked Aaron a lot.

What I didn't love was how parts of this book were just way too similar to the plot of The Wedding Date. That is one of my absolute favorite movies and so those parts of the book were just too slow and not engaging for me.

I also felt like this book was at least 100 pages too long. I love long books but not when I end up skimming 3-4 pages occasionally because they are too repetitive or not important to the plot.

This is a debut novel and I wouldn't hesitate to read a sophomore novel from Armas, but overall this book didn't sweep me off my feet.

I read this book through my Kindle Unlimited subscription. This is my honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent