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maayaner29's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
I was honestly disgusted by this book. There were so many things wrong with it. First, Jason basically raped Olive, she was super drunk and she kept asking him to have sex with her, she was horny and whatever. She then takes his hand and puts it inside of her underwear, but then what does he do? You’d expect that he would pull away and realise that he shouldn’t do anything to her because she’s DRUNK and she cannot give consent, but no, he then thought to himself that, “she’s really drunk, and I know that she won’t let it go if I don’t give in to her. So I’m not going to have sex with her, but I’m still going to finger her because I’m such a good person, give me some applause.”
After that scene I thought that there would be something written about it afterwards, like, maybe in the next chapter she would wake up and be mortified or something. But no, there was ZERO mention of this for the rest of the book. He raped her and the author wrote that as if it was romantic. Yikes.
There was way too much sex in this book. Listen, I love a steamy book, but not when that’s literally all there is, they had no chemistry at all, and all they did all day long was have sex. Their relationship didn’t evolve at all, they just kept having sex and then they were in love, but how did that happen? We don’t know. There was no depth at all to their relationship, which is sad because the premise had so much potential with them knowing each other as kids and then not seeing each other for years. Also the sex scenes were so long, they were like 15 pages long, give me a break 😖.
Lastly, I couldn’t stand Lucy, I’ve said it a lot before in other reviews, but why does the best friend of the female mc always has to be the cringiest character ever? They’re all the same: someone who only cares about sex and talks about it all day long, but actually had been hurt in the past and the sex talk is an act to protect themselves. They cannot commit to any relationship because of whatever trauma happened in their past, but they’re always described by the main character as a really loving person and that’s why they get hurt by the people around them. They have sex with every breathing moving living thing, and they constantly talk about the main character having sex with their romantic interest, while also saying all the time that they wish they could have sex with him too. And they could give you a 20 pages essay about how every single body part of the male mc is the sexiest thing ever. They cannot be serious even for one second, they always have to act as if everything is just a silly goofy joke.
Did I describe Lucy and literally 95% of female main characters’ best friends well enough?
I’m so disappointed that this book was so bad, because I only read one other book by Ella maise and it was marriage for one, which is one of my favourite books, I gave it 5 stars and I just absolutely love it, so I thought that this would also be a great book, but it completely missed the mark.
I’m so disappointed that this book was so bad, because I only read one other book by Ella maise and it was marriage for one, which is one of my favourite books, I gave it 5 stars and I just absolutely love it, so I thought that this would also be a great book, but it completely missed the mark.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Drug abuse
lizaxwin's review
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
*** Spoilers all the way through the review ***
I‘m sorry but there are just so many things wrong with this book. Jason has serious anger issues if you ask me and the way he treats Olive feels like she‘s his possession more than an actual human being. Other than being wickedly good-looking and a movie star I don‘t see what she sees in him. He does not seem to respect her very much and how does she react to that? She‘s still all lovey dovey with him. There were so many problematic scenes and the worst one was probably when he was fingering her while she was drunk out of her mind. I mean, wtf? It’s not consensual sex if the person doesn‘t even remember it happened the next day, folks. I‘m sorry but this book was an utter disappointment and the content was really fucked up at times. I mean, someone spiked his drink and no one did anything about that? That‘s freaking illegal, guys. But nothing happened?! And don’t even get me started on Olive acting like a little child the whole time rather than a twenty-something year old woman. It only made the sex scenes more cringy than they already were. Plus, I really cringed hard every time he called her „little one“. Is she having daddy issues (bc the way she talks about her dad in the last few chapters also made me cringe inexplicably) or is he just giving of a rather pedophilic vibe? Maybe it’s both.
The only positive thing was Olive‘s and Lucy‘s friendship. And that‘s about it. If you can help it, don’t read it. There are so many good, spicy and more 21st century like novels out there. Unfortunately, this isn‘t one of them.
I‘m sorry but there are just so many things wrong with this book. Jason has serious anger issues if you ask me and the way he treats Olive feels like she‘s his possession more than an actual human being. Other than being wickedly good-looking and a movie star I don‘t see what she sees in him. He does not seem to respect her very much and how does she react to that? She‘s still all lovey dovey with him. There were so many problematic scenes and the worst one was probably when he was fingering her while she was drunk out of her mind. I mean, wtf? It’s not consensual sex if the person doesn‘t even remember it happened the next day, folks. I‘m sorry but this book was an utter disappointment and the content was really fucked up at times. I mean, someone spiked his drink and no one did anything about that? That‘s freaking illegal, guys. But nothing happened?! And don’t even get me started on Olive acting like a little child the whole time rather than a twenty-something year old woman. It only made the sex scenes more cringy than they already were. Plus, I really cringed hard every time he called her „little one“. Is she having daddy issues (bc the way she talks about her dad in the last few chapters also made me cringe inexplicably) or is he just giving of a rather pedophilic vibe? Maybe it’s both.
The only positive thing was Olive‘s and Lucy‘s friendship. And that‘s about it. If you can help it, don’t read it. There are so many good, spicy and more 21st century like novels out there. Unfortunately, this isn‘t one of them.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Vomit
dinosaurpaint17's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.25
I absolutely hated some parts of this book (cough, cough page 254 and 299) but I also adored some of it. I can’t in good conscience give this more than two stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape
isabellegus's review
slow-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
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape
kimimi's review against another edition
medium-paced
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape
olympiqns's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
so we are not gonna acknowledge when <olive literally assaulted jason??? sorry but can’t and won’t let that go so sick>
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
valeria_gzz's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
EDIT: 1 star because it’s months later and I can’t get over the r@pe I still think about it and get grossed out.
2,5 I was liking this in the beginning but then it just got creepy and gross and yeah they were very small parts of the book but they were enough to leave a bad taste. I’d give this a 2 but it really was alright in the beginning.
2,5 I was liking this in the beginning but then it just got creepy and gross and yeah they were very small parts of the book but they were enough to leave a bad taste. I’d give this a 2 but it really was alright in the beginning.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault
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