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potatooftheworld's review
The characters are very heavily stereotyped. Both the main characters are pick me’s. It reads like a 2000s high school movie set in a college. The writing has a lot of telling not showing. There is a lot of repetition between the dual POV’s of summarizing what previously happened. The only reason I read was because at times the narration was very funny and it was my first hockey romance. Also as someone who has played ice hockey for eight years the hockey was hard to read. A lot of just felt misplaced.
The SA and other trigger warnings felt very out of place and I didn’t go into it aware of those trigger warnings. One moment she is talking about a party and then the next she is throwing the r word around. Went into this, expecting a light romance. For how hyped this book was, I’m a bit disappointed.
From all the women obsessing over the men. To how a lot of tropes felt forced in like enemies to lovers, small town, fake dating. It didn’t really feel like a cohesive entity..
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Physical abuse
aridd1's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Child abuse
saretta02's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Death of parent and Gaslighting
emmma_lynne's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Rape
gracie2brooke's review
- 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: Child abuse, Rape, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
jamsworldofbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
“Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.”
“And the most important lesson I learned is that I’m not a victim—I’m a survivor.”
Tropes:
Some other quotes I loved:
“You won't let anything bad happen to me, will you, Garrett?"
A lump the size of Massachusetts lodges in my throat. I swallow hard and try to speak past it.
"Never.”
“Baby, I could watch you watching paint dry, and I still wouldn’t be bored.”
“When you’ve already been disappointed by the one person you’re supposed to trust most in your life, you’re not exactly keen on giving people any kind of ammunition over you.”
“I know you’re into me, Wellsy. And I’m definitely into you.”
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape
almase2020's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Violence
tripleshoticedmocha's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
maggiet21's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Rape
tifferpok88's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Minor: Death of parent, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse