Reviews - Swept Away | The StoryGraph

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Swept Away

Beth O'Leary

3.73 AVERAGE

fubpg's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

amabalama's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

susieis's review against another edition

1.75

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

baobooks's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted

montrealaine's review against another edition

3.5

Very original premise - a huis clos romance, a survival romance (both feel almost like oxymorons).
I really like Beth O’Leary’s books for the ways she innovates and plays with the tropes of the romance genre.

It feels like there were a lot of good ideas in the book, but they didn’t quite fit together and the book ended up trying to do too much.

I agree with other reviewers’ rightful dislike of Penny

(such a toxic friend)

and the book problematic framing of Zeke’s first sexual experience

(groomed and abused as a 16 yo by a 28 yo woman). Turning this as a joke is a symptom of the double standard male sexual assault victims face and is at odds with the book’s otherwise progressive politics

Nevertheless would recommend for the originality of this story and looking forward to her next book!

Excellent audiobook narration!