Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Pucking Wrong Number by C.R. Jane

4 reviews

risseandshine's review

challenging

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Addiction, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

theartistreader's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

TROPES:
- Ice hockey
- Obsessed hero with psychotic tendencies
- If I can't have you, nobody can
- Wrong number/mistaken identity
- Virgin heroine
- OTT & protective hero

I saw this allover BookTok and I always get nervous about reading its recs because I worry that they won't live up to the hype. Rest assured, this definitely did!

I can sometimes struggle to get through ice hockey romances because they can be really long or slow paced, but this was literally everything I needed and more. I did it in one sitting, and now I'm annoyed that book 2 isn't available yet. Roll on book 2!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Addiction, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, and Sexual violence

melissaslibraryy's review

dark emotional lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.0

I heard some good things about this book so I decided to check it out on KU and read it in one sitting. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the dialogue and found it to be pretty cringey most of the time (both their texts and speaking aloud) and although I’ve read dark romances with similar taboo aspects like stalking, this book fell pretty flat for me plot wise which was really disappointing bc I was looking forward to reading it. I hated the insta-love since I hoped it would be more of a slow burn given the whole stalker part of the plot but within the first few minutes of them meeting in person (after texting each other and calling occasionally for about two weeks) she’s out here riding his thigh in public and it’s like ??? She didn’t seem like the type of person to do that from the beginning so it felt out of character for the fmc. I would recommend this book for someone looking for a quick romance that isn’t worried about the pace or ok writing and plot, but would personally not be rereading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

dxisymitch's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Gaslighting, Vomit, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood