Reviews

Grip by Kennedy Ryan

roglows's review

5.0

So much love for this book. I absolutely love Grip and Bristol’s story. Not only is it sexy and so alive with emotional/romantic love, it’s authentic and real and rife with social commentary on things that are going on in the world today. I love reading about people coming together, about looking at people we might consider a “they” and accepting them as our own. This book was a lot deeper than I was expecting it to be, and I’m so glad.

heavenlyi's review

5.0

This book was so amazing! Facing head on issues of race and class, the multi-layers of this story went deeper than I could have imagined. Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching, filled with characters that were more than just words on page, this is one of my top reads this year. Everyone should read this book!

amanda_michelle23's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This story was slow to start and started picking up around 60%. With the prologue book I was thinking it would pick up and go, but there were too many conflicts happening throughout the story. At around 60% is when the first conflict is over and then there is about 2-3 more in the last 40%. Seemed like it was too drawn out and then thrown together at the end. 

amyj91's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

queen_perfection's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

krlittle07's review

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

whiptostic's review

4.5

I loved the continuation of Bristol and Grip’s story. For a majority of this book, I was just an emotional wreck. Kennedy Ryan is one of my favorite authors, but I can’t read her books all in a row because they are soemotional and gripping  

lifesgrapes's review

1.0

I've been trying to finish this book for 2 weeks. I've put it down and read another book in hope that I can back to it with a fresh mindset.. NOPE. This story is still dragging & for me and that's an absolute pet peeve of mine. I even skimmed ahead and saw that the story doesn't pick up until 45%-50% in. So Grip is crying and begging for Bristol until half way through then he finally grows a pair and decides to be a damn man and curve Bristol AND THATS WHEN BRISTOL WANTS TO START ACTING RIGHT 60% into the damn book. So I physically can NOT finish this book. Grip is a great man and I hate seeing him cry over a woman who keeps fighting him even though she wants him but omg 8 years after your little week together some chick tries to trap Grip and fails so therefore you gotta fight the connection and pimp him out for 8 years *eye roll* Like come on so pathetic but once he wants to move one you want be like wait wait, I DO like you.. girl no. Grip might be dumb enough to like you but not me .

tatyanavogt's review

3.0

So I am going to be honest, I was not into this book for probably the whole first half. I felt no connection to the main characters, I even thought our main female characters was kinda annoying. I didn't know what I was supposed to want, I felt like I had nothing to root for or to care for.

BUT once I got to the middle I started to like the main couple, and by the last third I was not only invested but some shit was going down! I LOVED the last third of this book, so much so that I was tempted to give this book 4 stars despite my complete and total disinterest for half of the book.

Kennedy Ryan is good at writing drama. Suspenseful, high stakes moments that leave you totally envolved and engaged. I was in it once the shit hit the fan and I loved seeing how everything played out. I was even more excited by the no bullshit approach she has to her characters interacting.

Anyway, its a good book, I didn't like the beginning but I loved the end. I wish she did a better job of giving me a reason to care about the characters early on because this could have been a new favorite.

Spoiler thoughts:

Spoiler

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that she told grip what that shit head peter was trying to get her to do. I LOVE that when they did talk to each other, they didn't lie. I loved the openness between them.

I WILL admit that I am not a fan of relationships that revolve around characters lying or keeping important shit from each other so that is possibly one of the reasons I didn't enjoy the first half of the book. Since this is a second chance story.. But I will say that doesn't really bug me too much in the beginning because it makes sense that people wont share that kinda info if they are not close. But I felt like it was just DRAGGED out.

I also felt like the reasoning she had for not wanting to be with grip didn't always feel believable. Like when I try to think about it from her perspective I can sort of get it, but I didn't really FEEL it during the story. And I feel like it would have been nicer to feel her fear.

I kinda wish she hinted more at the fact that Bristol couldnt remember ANYTHING from the peter thing but could remember hazy bits from the second time she got black out drunk. Later having her remember that her lack of memory was even worse than normal felt convenient.

And I think I have more thoughts but I am so sleepy that my brain is turning to mush so I'm going to go to be instead. I enjoyed the book.

southernmomma98's review

emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.75