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nicklepolaroid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Creo que si sabes que es un libro sobre una relación tóxica y lo que eso implica, y te llama la atención leerlo, creo que vale la pena.
Mi mayor problema con el libro es que no sé si quiere decir que ellos deben estar juntos, o si los personajes creen eso por haber estado juntos prácticamente todas sus vidas. Supongo que lo sabré con los siguientes libros y, honestamente, creo que mucho de mi gusto por la serie depende de cómo coloque las demás relaciones (si también son tóxicas o no) y qué final le da a BJ y Magnolia. Por ahora, lo disfruté mucho.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
crinkledmochi's review against another edition
Graphic: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Misogyny, Child death, Drug use, and Emotional abuse
readingwithtrey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
What I Loved: The ending 😅. The last 15-20% made it worth reading.
What I didn’t love: A lot of it🙈. This one wasn’t for me. I like a romance where there’s someone to root for & for me this wasn’t that type of romance🥴.
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, and Addiction
ingridbergman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism
Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders
toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
There are a lot of things to like about this romp of a book. The world of high society London complete with a cast of filthy rich 20 somethings and 30 somethings was engaging and compulsively readable. Jessa Hastings has a unique but digestable writing style that makes our main characters feel like they're writing confessionals directly to the audience, so in a way, it felt like my favorite parts of reality TV. I don't mean that in a bad way by any means, I just mean that I liked having a front row seat to all of the drama even though the drama toward the end made me feel exhausted. I do think that this book could've been cut in half and it would've been even better. Still, I annotated and tabbed the hell out of this. There were a lot of quotable moments and moments worth reading and re-reading.
On to Magnolia and BJ themselves - I know they shouldn't be together, you know they shouldn't be together, Jessa Hastings probably knows they shouldn't be together, and yet...you want them to be together. There is no logical reason for me to want them to be happy. Firstly, they both have major growing up to do, and secondly, neither of them are very good people. A bad person doesn't mean a bad character, though. I still enjoyed reading their antics and sometimes BJ, even at his worst, was able to squeeze my heart in just the right way, damn him, stupid goblin boy.
I have some slight issues here and there that I can't get into without spoilers, but I overall loved this one and can't wait to read the rest of them.
Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Vomit
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Gun violence