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Deep End

Ali Hazelwood

4.05 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-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
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny medium-paced
emotional lighthearted 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
emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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: Yes

this is what happens when a book forgets to make you care. like i genuinely couldn’t care less about these characters, esp the fmc. give me one reason to root for her. just one. the dialogue is also so corny i had to stop every chapter like girl wtf is this. a tame example: “land diving (or as the normies call it, gymnastics)” …ok girl

the “nuance” of their relationship was spoon-fed. the café scene where pen interviews her about bdsm and she explains like she’s reading from a handbook was weird. 

and the spicy scenes eventually all blurred together for me. by the end, i felt like i’d read the same scene five times. 

this book could’ve been 200 pages shorter and we would’ve gotten the vibe

Definitely her sauciest book that I’ve read. I honestly don’t know why I’ve seen so many bad reviews so far. But I probably would have done 5 stars if the ending didn’t feel so rushed… would still read again.
dark emotional funny fast-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
adventurous dark medium-paced
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced