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the_pink_pharmacist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence
culzean'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Sexual content
ecravens's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual assault
moodreadererin'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Blood
Moderate: Vomit, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault
elizabeth_delozier's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I initially bought this book because I had just finished reading the Beautiful Bastard series by Christina Lauren (which is a new adult series of stand-alone romances with character crossover, mostly office romance and heavy on the spice) and everywhere I looked, people recommended that if I liked that series that surely this book would be for me.
WRONG!
This book was nothing like that series. Different in every imaginable way. Even with multiple years in between reading the different books, this still left a sour feeling for me.
But, lets put that aside and talk about this book without the comparison to the previously mentioned series.
This story follows a young college student, Abby, who has fled her old life, which includes a gambling and emotionally abusive father. She then meets Travis, an underground fighter with a bad attitude. The two characters enter into a toxic friendship, followed by an even more toxic relationship. The two make a bet, leading to Abby living with Travis for a period of time and sharing one bed.
The characters are not loveable, at all. Both characters are extremely immature. Similarly, the narration of the audiobook portrays the characters as such - it feels childlike. The writing was subpar with horrible pacing, especially towards the end, and unnecessary plot points that distract from the book. Also, after reading the book I found that the author was simply not a good human.
Do not read this book if toxic relationships are not your thing in books, because that is all that this book is. So much gaslighting, emotional abuse, lack of communication, and just nonsense that in reality is never okay. However, if you enjoy that in your fiction, well, here you go.
Overall, I hated the characters, hated the toxicity (which, I often enjoy in stories, but this was not the one), hated the plot, and did not find the writing to be good in any way. This book is being made into a movie, however given the above information I do not recommend that medium either.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault
anoelle896's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
elizabrown's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness
bookrecsbyjess's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Cursing, Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault, Death, and Child abuse
annpikul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault
careliza's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Sexual assault