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wildatheart1339's review
2.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Outing
friends2lovers's review
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Cursing, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Minor: Addiction, Suicide attempt, and Death
graendoll's review
- 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
4.25
This book delivered some top tier angst. The relationship between our MCs is fraught with past trauma, complicated feelings, and sexual tension. The author did a good job of revealing the key points of the story over time, keeping the reader engaged and invested in finding out what exactly happened to Xavi, and the pacing of dropping the little nuggets of the past is fairly well done.
The feelings of Nate towards Xavi are also slowly peeled away and like many things done in 1st person POV I would say that to a certain extent Nate is an unreliable narrator because what is clear to the reader isn't as clear to him under the climax of the book.
There are definitely a lot of triggers in this book so I recommend reading up on them in advance. I'm not sure I'd classify this as a true dark romance, but it is definitely on the darker side of gray simply because the emotional distress Nate causes Xavi and the dysfunctional nature of their relationship is pretty consistent throughout.
Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts
jxzmine's review
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Drug abuse
iamindu's review
- 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
Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, and Bullying
sabinehunter's review
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Violence, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, and Addiction
blupblup's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Xenophobia
tris24's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault
cherryblossomreads's review
4.5
All the characters are little sjits, imperfect and kinda annoying, but I still loved their story.
I do feel, there's a lot of potential for knowing more about some of the side characters, but it's also fine, if I never get their story.
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Suicidal thoughts