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This May End Badly by Samantha Markum

33 reviews

aziras_books's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia and Bullying

a side plot of the book, towards the end, is that a male teacher hits on one of the female students and the school staged a lock in to have him removed. The girl that was hit on retells the story to the main character, nothing happened where there was any removal of clothes but the teacher said things that made her uncomfortable and touched her hair/neck/waist. It wasn’t really graphic but still was hard to read even as someone who hasn’t dealt with sexual assault so I’d say if your worried just skip it. You’ll know when it’s coming because the girl is crying and doesn’t want to say anything and then it’s mostly over by halfway down the next page.

duaazahra's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

 Y’all this book has everything! Fake dating! Enemies to lovers! Solid female friendships! Feminism! Prank wars! Funny banter! This May End Badly was such a fun book to read, and a reminder of why I love YA literature SO much.

When Doe finds out that her all-girls boarding school is merging with the all-boys school across the street, she’s devastated. Not only has her school been her safe haven the last few years, but the two schools have a massive rivalry — and she’s right in the middle of that rivalry with the golden boy of the boys school behind her No. 1 enemy. So Doe comes up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone — she makes a pact with Nathaniel, her No. 1 enemy’s cousin, to pretend to date. She gets under her rival’s skin, together they can figure out a way to prevent the two schools from merging, and Nathaniel has a project he needs Doe’s help on. But as lines begin to blur and reasons for the merger are revealed, and a bigger problem arises at the school threatening the girls, Doe is stuck between choosing to be the person she is and the person she wants to be. This May End Badly is a beautiful book about friendship, feminism, your first love, and doing the right thing — even when it hurts.

One of my favourite parts of this book was getting to see the friendship between Doe and her friend group. Female friendship is such a pivotal and complex thing, and Markum wrote this friend group beautifully. They were all unique but complemented one another, and Doe’s growth around her friend group was so great to see. They were such a fun group of girls, and their friendship was a beautiful thread woven into the story.

Doe and Nate! Y’all know I love a good enemies to lovers and fake dating trope and this book served! I loved watching their relationship develop, and they were just so cute together. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment

kyh's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence

bbbeth's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia

allyordyna's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.75

Man, took me for a ride in this girl v boys boarding school rivalry. If you’re wondering why it’s so long, it’s because it brought up so many important themes: divorce, anger management, friendship, sexual harassment, honesty, sexual orientation, gender diversity and inclusivity, family support, etc. Mc struggled a lot, but grew a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness and Biphobia

Minor: Lesbophobia

samix3reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment

teacher sexualharassment

danileah07's review

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Biphobia

dayoldcoffee's review

trigger warning :
sexual harassment - teacher/student

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

rereadsromance's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I expected This May End Badly to be a lighthearted, enemies to lovers young adult novel about rival schools, but it actually dealt with some pretty heavy topics. I was pleasantly surprised.

I thoroughly enjoyed the story and I wasn't even disappointed when Doe's "enemy" did not turn out to be the love interest, because I loved Wells.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment

elinmln's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment