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The Goal by Elle Kennedy

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kb33's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was not the lighthearted, accidental pregnancy trope read that I expected. It highlighted a lot of the negative things that women experience with an accidental pregnancy, especially doubt, accusations, and cruelty from friends and her boyfriend’s mom.

Another thing that bothered me was that while Sabrina is very intelligent and hard working, and Tucker is smart enough to take her history of family trauma into account during their relationship, neither of them is smart enough to think that maybe therapy would benefit her, and by extension, their family?? Really?? So many romance tropes include characters with extraordinarily traumatic pasts, and very few of them ever go to therapy to find healthy ways to heal and move on. Please normalize therapy for traumatized characters.

That said, I liked Tucker and Sabrina. They both cared about each other and only wanted the best for the other, even if they weren’t sure how to get there and weren’t willing to go to therapy, meaning they took the entire novel to admit they love each other.

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wildaboutbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.75

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v1l25's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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solasbuchladen's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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2.0

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

“My goal, once upon a time, was to succeed. I didn’t realize that success wasn’t grades or scholarships or achievements, but the people I was lucky enough to have in my life.”

Honestly I liked this one more than 2 &3. Book one is still my favorite though. Normally I hate the pregnancy trope, but this was done right in my opinion. I also liked that Sabrina was so independent and focused on doing things for herself. Her tenacity and stubbornness were so easy to relate to.

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