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instalovewithbooks's review against another edition
Dylan is a "nice guy", his best friend Marcus is a twat, and Addy is a bit more likable but honestly I got sick of her too.
This is probably my least fave of Beth's works which also includes The Switch.
Ah, well, up and over.
Graphic: Sexual content and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Minor: Vomit
leftreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Alcoholism
Minor: Homophobia
avisreadsandreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Stalking, and Vomit
Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy
aseel_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Bullying, and Classism
lovetlr's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Stalking, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, and Sexual assault
jessicastewart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Addiction
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Vomit, Drug use, Car accident, and Stalking
btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Drug use
Moderate: Vomit, Classism, Alcohol, and Drug abuse
Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
TW: attempted rapemishaps's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Sexual assault, Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Vomit
Minor: Bullying, Blood, Classism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
abdelp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
At the chronological if not actual beginning, Addie just seemed too emotionally healthy + assertive to put up with the arrival of the obviously toxic Marcus like 5 days into a summer fling and let a relationship with Dylan continue to develop under those terms. I get why she was more downbeaten later on to set boundaries vs. seemingly risk losing Dylan, but
That said, suspending my disbelief that Addie managed to fall in love with Dylan during their summer fling, which made it hard to root for them NOT to break up even earlier, much less not stay broken up, there were other issues:
1) The serious topics addressed
2) The disjointed chronology camouflaged but did not compensate for the lack of adequate character development at certain points,
Bottom line: the ending comes off as a cop out and it all ends WAY too quickly in the middle of the wedding reception
Moderate: Rape, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting
cassienolan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Classism, and Alcohol