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ireadtoescape_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The fact that whenever she describes Bexley’s incompetence, she speaks about him being fat and never actually mentions what really makes him incompetent. All the creepy sexual harrassy stuff? Nah. He *is* fat though and apparently that’s all that makes him terrible. She references him as such multiple times ☹️
This was made worse for me with how very often she spoke about just how small and teeny tiny she is. 💀 This book came out in 2016, right!!?? 👀👀 Sally, you ought’a know better, boo! 5 foot nothing hahahahaha 😶
There are a number of weird references that made me cringe when she said them. Comparing your somewhat messy apartment to a slum in Kolkata is so racist! 😷 What do you mean?!! I struggled to read past that. I also noticed the use of the “old” spelling of Kolkata in the book 👀👀. The name was corrected to right spelling in 2001…!
Not long after that there was a problematic reference to albinism to describe someone Lucy hated. 🫤 I hat to re read that because I honestly couldn’t believe it.
Then there were just a bunch of obtuse comments relating to mental health that seemingly messed with this lily-white world of Lucy and Josh.
Lol. What’s with the hate on blondes? 😂😂 Sending love to all the blondes tall and brown-eyed🫶🏾
Also, the ridicule of short men?? So unnecessary. Just to emphasise how big big Josh is all big and big. Urgh. Because it’s not like we had any idea how big and perfect he is.
The writing was also so sporadic. Parts of it just threw me off but I honestly didn’t care enough to try and understand it or keep track. Josh’s pining was cute until it got a bit creepy and controlly. The creepy blue-eyed fetishisation wall paint business??? Girl, run!!
Sally, girl… 👀👀👀
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Minor: Racism
joensign'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
2.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Minor: Vomit
victor200122's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
Graphic: Bullying and Body shaming
bectothebooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, and Sexism
Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, and Fatphobia
Minor: Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
shanodo's review against another edition
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Body shaming
jules_c's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Gaslighting
Minor: Stalking and Vomit
becausebrenna'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
1.5
The plot was fine but there are numerous slurs used, fatphobia throughout, and some characterization that edged on bio essentialism. Just of the most cishet books ever created.
Graphic: Fatphobia and Sexual content
Moderate: Ableism, Vomit, and Racial slurs
Minor: Body shaming and Alcohol
elyssathelibrarian's review against another edition
1.0
Moderate: Ableism, Stalking, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
Minor: Racial slurs
micaela_ru's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Stalking, Ableism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
monaws's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
First, it fixates on the main characters appearance. It fixates and focuses on how tiny she is, how little she is, how little her hands are, and how everyone loves this. It’s fetishization of her being tiny. It’s pedophilic. It’s weird. It makes me insanely uncomfortable to the point where I had to skip over those parts. how he’s constantly saying how he loves how tiny she is. That’s fucking weird. And it made me extremely uncomfortable to the point where, if they didn’t include those segments in the book, maybe I would have liked it more.
secondly, this is not the enemies to lovers thought it was. They liked each other from the beginning. They had romantic interests and affiliations from the beginning. There was not that intense, brooding, and passionate enemies to lovers.
The dialogue was unrealistic. You’re telling me that these are conversations that mature, working adults have every day? No. It’s giving Wattpad.
Also, everybody has flaws. Everyone has a little things wrong with them, and that’s what makes life beautiful. They’re acting as if these characters are flawless. Not to mention their is no diversity.
I could’ve given this book a lower rating, but the only thing that justified it were the last 70 pages. I know they weren’t the best, they did bring the book justice.
Moderate: Sexual content and Stalking
Minor: Body shaming