Reviews

Bully by Penelope Douglas

notamouse's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.5

🌶️.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Minor: Violence, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, and Blood

shebookmarks's review against another edition

2.0

I hate all the fmc penelope creates
This was so cringe and idk... It gave.. nothing

Update:
Its been barely 12 hrs and i already forgot everything besides the point that i hate the FMC whose name i also forgot so yeah... taking away one star n giving it 2 stars

fondofash's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

sydneymarie31's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

lyakimov's review against another edition

1.0

Actual rating: 0 stars

This book had the full package. Slut shaming, intense misogyny, harassment and stalking, assault, everyone punching each other, and revenge p*rn, and it’s all so romantic according to Penelope Douglas

aa_rita's review against another edition

challenging funny fast-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

5.0

dani9's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

I love this author and have read all her books bar this series. It's one that I see a lot of people rave about so was excited to read bully.

I liked the racing background. That was new for me. The supporting characters were well written and definitely planted the seeds for their stories to come. I think  
Penelope douglas is always really good at doing that.

The mmc had an emotional story but I found his turn from hating her to living her a but too quick and convenient.

I think the issue of reading any authors more recent works and then going back to their earlier works, ot highlights how much their style has matured and evolved.

I love penelope douglas and will read anything she writes, but I would recommend other books over this one.

That said, I will continue with this series.

anniemazzzzz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book really didn’t do it for me. I guess I’m just not a fan of the bully trope & find it really hard to route for the love interests’ relationship. I see this book as one I may have enjoyed more when I was in secondary school. I couldn’t stand Jared for most of the book & how he’d always try to make it seem like Tate was the problem. Tate is not perfect by any means but she didn’t deserve that. I couldn’t help but roll my eyes every time Tate sympathised with Jared or would hold on to the person he used to be. Anyone willing to go to the lengths he went to embarrass her did not deserve a chance. Also, the intimate scenes with them weren’t great. I think I enjoyed the tension between them before they had sex more than once they did and after. I’ll be honest, I can see myself reading the next book in the series for the sake of continuity & fomo rather than an actual desire to read it & enjoy it.

2.7🌟

shes_book_obsessed's review against another edition

4.0

Bully
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Trigger warnings:
Bullying
Sexual assault
Abusive parent
Alcoholic parent
Violation of privacy by recording

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feichtersgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0