Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

51 reviews

bectothebooks's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

mks74354's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

caitlincrtr's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Self harm, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

seemz's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual harassment

marionhoney's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Finished over two days but the off-handed ableist, anti-fat and patriarchal gender role descriptions ruined the fun for me. Also some of the behaviour of the male lead felt like the early signs of coercive and controlling partners. Worries me to think younger readers might seeing this as romantic rather than on the highway to abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Vomit, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Bullying

rory1387's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.5

reading cringey romance books is so much more fun when you and the friend who recommended it are both violently sex-repulsed asexuals
but seriously why does Lucy always talk about how teeny tiny she is like...get a life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment

landawn's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

- Lucy is annoying and oblivious. 
- the MCs’ main characteristics are their size/height. 
- the progression from enemies to lovers is so abrupt and could easily have been harassment/assault. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual harassment

micaela_ru's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

Toxic, sexist trash that casually includes ableist and racist slurs, jokes about the deaths of sex workers, fatphobia, toxic masculinity, rape culture and nonconsensual acts played as sexy. DNF @ 20%. The MC is an entitled childish brat who has internalized sexism and possibly homophobia and transphobia. The love interest is embodies textbook toxic masculinity. Clearly I'm not the target audience here. I don't think feeling physically threatened by a man three-times a woman's size is playful or sexy. Not to mention the stalking. They also have no chemistry and the book is boring and childish. This is the crap that is popular?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Stalking, Ableism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

flapidus's review against another edition

funny relaxing slow-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse and Sexual harassment

emsim's review against another edition

Unfortunately, there was a lot of fatphobia, ableism, and sexual harassment in the first few chapters. Instant DNF.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism