Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

63 reviews

kylasmv15's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Sexual content

lnzava's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, and Lesbophobia

charleshasalibrary's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Bullying, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Outing, and Misogyny

amartinios's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

I have some conflicting feelings about this book. Overall, I like it, but the character of Dev also frustrated the hell out of me.

His narrow-minded view of true love / fairy tale love at times felt too much. Felt like nobody could conceivably be this dense about the reality of *Ever After*. I could relate to him on a mental health level, but the specific focus of his unhealthy feelings was something alien to me. So perhaps it is more that I couldn’t identify as fully with Dev as I could with others, mainly Charles. This results in a weird amalgam of mixed feelings surrounding the character of Dev, and the whole book by extension.

That said, the real strong point of this book that, to me, at least, sets it apart from the other M/M romcoms I have read, is the treatment of mental health.

The story deals with depression, denial about being depressed, living with OCD and panic attacks, an unsupportive and toxic family, feeling unloved and unworthy of love, "I can't be homophobic, I have many gay friends"-type homophobia,... As well as how characters, particularly the main characters, grow in understanding of the true nature of their respective mental health issues and how to deal with them.

Truly, bravo for the author to make these things such an integral part of the plot and the romance.

So overall, I really like this book; it has a lot going for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying

maregred's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, and Homophobia

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Vomit, Sexual content, Racism, and Panic attacks/disorders

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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

Perhaps I will come back later to leave a longer review, but for now: this book made me cry multiple times, more than any other romance has, but in the best way: for mental health rep, for aspec + queer rep, for allowing people to be with us in our darkest and messiest moments and helping us realize we deserve love then too, for the idea that every kind of love/orientation deserves to be recognized as valid and is worthy of being represented widely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Religious bigotry

levesc17's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

If you love to read about people falling in love, this is the gentlest, sweetest, most lovely love story. I would say it’s an opposites attract love story but that’s a broad brush; please read this book! I would recommend this for anyone but especially any fan of the bachelor franchise, or someone new to romance novels because this one is exceptionally delightful. 

This would have been a five star read for me but there was a plot hole; we never found out why Charlie was recruited by the evil producer for the show. There was also a very short epilogue, I wanted moree!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Bullying

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Ableism, Biphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism

eddine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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

i love ittt

queer and poc rep!!!

i also just wanna keep charlie and dev in my pocket pls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit