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The Favor by Suzanne Wright

10 reviews

marinajonesreads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.75

Definitely one of the worst written books I’ve read in a long time. Sad, because the concept was interesting. And I first thought the grumpy side of things was going to be fun. And the DID representation was cool. But I quickly found myself editing the story in real time. I’m not overly judgmental when it comes to romance book — if it is fun and entertaining, I’ll enjoy it — but this one was so very poorly written. I skimmed a chunk of it and only finished because I wanted to know who did some of the stuff. It was a lot of telling me what to feel instead of showing anything, tons of exposition, overly detailed in parts that didn’t need it and not enough detail in parts that didn’t. I wouldn’t recommend if you’re in the mood for a simply marriage of convenience trope book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Miscarriage, and Infertility

knl0819's review

2.75

This book had so much potential! It bums me out that I didn’t really enjoy this book but I just felt like it was too long and we skipped a lot of bonding moment. There were several time jumps within the book which I get to an extent since it’s supposed to be almost a year if their lives but we only saw them go on two dates and two trips to her parents house in the whole book! Like about 100 of the pages were full of the FMC’s internal dialogue. Which would be fine if she wasn’t second guessing and talking herself out of think Dane cared for her. Like she knows he isn’t the most emotional guy and is totally fine with that. Yet he literally was showing some very high levels of care for her but she would be like “oh he is just pretending and playing the husband” or being like “that was so caring of him but don’t think he cares about you” which was okay at first but got frustrating. I kinda enjoyed all the family drama and people on both sides trying to break them up BUT the amount of times Vienna got upset because she thought he cheated was very upsetting. Like she is so smart but she knows that several people are actively plotting to split them up yet is so quick to try to walk out of the deal. I also feel like this book is slightly misrepresented. There is a lot of dark stuff that gets mentioned in this book like mental illness, drug addiction, child abuse, extortion, and discussion of violence. This book felt almost like it was on the edge of dark romance. Think twisted lies by Ana Huang vibes but more frequent. There were some moments that felt like they were played for jokes but were ultimately not that funny. It’s sucky cause I love the MCs and felt that all the potential was there but was so missed. We barely saw them together like we got told about all of these moments after the fact. I never understood the idea of telling not showing but quickly understood that by 35%. Nothing really happens until about that point in the book anyway then it slows right back down until about 60%. I started skimming at about 70%. The breakup attempts drama pulled me back at 80%. Then I skimmed agin to the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Suicide, and Addiction

yunjati's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Indeed the healthiest couple ever. The sex was crazy, i thought ive read the hottest smut before but this was different. Great communication tho, i love them. Eventho the age gap was probably 10years, but it's nothing. Dane- whatever you say handsome. 💗💗💗

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Sexual content, Abandonment, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, and Mental illness

This book is hot as hell thank you tiktok

kuroko's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

soniajoy98's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, Mental illness, Bullying, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Infertility, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage, Blood, Stalking, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

finnickdeservedbetter's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Tropes:

Marriage of convenience, fake relationship, boss x employee, grump x sunshine, first comes marriage then comes love

Rep?

Dissociative identity disorder (FMC'S father), childhood trauma (FMC & MMC)

Written review to come

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Child death, and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Infertility, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

kitabe_bohot_si's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Love when I find a book which ticks all my requirements

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

amotoquinha's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Infertility, Mental illness, Child death, Death of parent, Self harm, and Domestic abuse

mrswolf_mcwolf's review

dark emotional hopeful relaxing tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, and Sexual content

dasatain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

**The Favor by Suzanne Wright**, 3.5/5 ⭐️, M/F, contemporary, fake relationship + dating my boss.  I liked this one a lot and blew through it really fast even though it’s not a short book.  Also very steamy 🔥! However there was so much drama and shenanigans going on, it got a bit exhausting and not as much of an escape as I wanted.  Check out content warnings before you pick it up, it is a lot darker than might be anticipated.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, and Mental illness