Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

33 reviews

kcrockford's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual harassment

lnzava's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer

atamano's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

aileron's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, and Stalking

pantslint's review

emotional funny 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

3.5

This book was super corny, but cute. I just love how cartoonishly evil Ray Weston is. He's truly super-villain terrible. I just love the messiness of the Weston family; I would watch a reality TV show about them.

The Paradise Problem is one of the perfect examples for why I read romance—there are clear divisions of who and what is good vs. bad, the main characters are flawed but lovable, the banter between the lovers is funny and cute, the love/sex scenes are hot and sweet, and everything concludes in a happy ending. Yes, the tropes are repetitive. Yes, the FMC is the same quirky, messy gal in almost every contemporary romance novel. Yes, things are unrealistic.

But I simply do not care, because I'm having a good time regardless of it all. The Christina Lauren duo love to write drama, and I'm just going to keep eating it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer and Alcohol

Minor: Medical content, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

emetrock's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

clothildev's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

That was some gourmet fake dating, sooooo fun and hot

The Westons are the worst people alive and the fact that they are probably thousands of them in the US alone made me slightly sick to my stomach 😖

But the development of Liam and Anna was sooooo good and they were hilarious together actually, will 100% re-read this one 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

catsandmetaphors's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

I have often critiqued Christina Lauren's books for their shallowness and gratuitous sex scenes, but I was pleasantly surprised by The Paradise Problem. I genuinely enjoyed this novel. I liked both Anna and Liam, and their strangers to fake spouses to strangers to friends to lovers journey brought a refreshing and humorous twist to a marriage of convenience romance. 

It was a nice slow burn compared to CL's other books where I often don't understand the connection between the main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer

redempta's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

4 🌟

Good book but nothing more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity

abby2207's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Sexual harassment