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Losers: Part I by Harley Laroux

8 reviews

b00kl0v3rastro's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense 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? No

5.0

This is my favourite book of all time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Cursing, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Biphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

meowrie's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Bullying

amyaltvater's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Fatphobia, Self harm, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Mmfmm, dark erotic romance

avani_luna_surya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Violence

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

I think it’s a testament to Laroux’s writing that, despite bully romances very much not being my thing, and despite degradation/humiliation very much not being my thing, I still loved this book.

The same can be said for the fact that although initially I was skeptical of the high page count, this book didn’t feel overwritten, and it held my attention from beginning to end.

Being the wet blanket that I am, there were a couple instances where I found myself proclaiming aloud: “that’s not entirely safe,” but all-around, I thought that the depictions of BDSM and its guidelines were handled well.

As a side note: at first when the negotiation of Jess’s servitude in payment for her car repairs was floated, it was presented as this very “you give us consent to do whatever we want, when we want,” situation, which was raising all sorts of red flags. [For the record, that’s not how consent works; you cannot give consent carte blanche like that without any parameters or discussion of boundaries. And if anyone asks you to, you should run.] But thankfully, that’s not where the conversation ended in this case, and they did go on to have a healthy discussion of hard and soft limits, safewords, etc. I really appreciated that. BDSM, for all the stigma that surrounds it, is a community incredibly preoccupied with safety, consent, and respect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Stalking, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

fangirljeanne's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Sexism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, Homophobia, and Drug use

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book and the characters in it. 

I love how the boys get Jess out of her comfort zone and show her what it's like to actually be cared for. I love that she's finally finding where she belongs and who truly has her back. I do wish we had seen more of her best friend Ashley. It seems Ashley is really the only one of Jess's friends that won't judge or abandon her. So I'm looking forward to seeing whether she makes more of an appearance in part 2. 

I'm enjoying seeing all the characters pasts and what got them where theyIare. And I loved seeing how differently they cope with everything that's happened to them. 

I surprisingly love all the guys. I wasn't sure if I'd like all of them or not from some things other people have said about them. But I'm loving all of them so far and I don't see that changing with the second book. 

I'm excited to get into part 2 and to see what happens with their relationship as a whole and the individual relationships between all of them. I'm also looking forward to seeing what happens with Manson's dad being back and the trouble he already seems to be causing and even Alex and any revenge he may want to take on the group as well for what happened in the end of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gun violence, Bullying, Homophobia, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Self harm, Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Death, and Domestic abuse

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Blood, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

This book should not be used as a reference or guide for safe BDSM practices. Some activities depicted herein contain significant risk of injury and bodily harm. While all sexual scenes depicted are consensual, some scenes depict consensual non-consent (CNC) roleplaying. Other kinks include erotic degradation and humiliation, bondage, electrostimulation, domestic discipline, impact play, knife play, bodily fluids (including blood), public play, voyeurism, and pet play (nicknames, use of petplay accessories).