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Damaged Goods by Talia Hibbert

51 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Blood, Excrement, Abortion, Body shaming, Cursing, and Bullying

decameters's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

madisongturner's review against another edition

2.75

Laura is recently separated, pregnant, and needs time away from her home to have her baby in peace. She reunites with her high school love and the rest is history. If you like pregnancy, second-chance romance, and a divorced main character, you will like this book!

I liked but didn’t love this book, it’s likely one of my least favorite of Talia’s books. In all honesty, the main reason I didn’t love this was the main theme of pregnancy just is not my particular vibe. I think it would be a great book if that’s something you are into or if it doesn’t give you the ick. It was an easy read, and I enjoyed the second-chance romance part of it. I would recommend only based on specific vibes, but it was good as all of Talia’s books are, just not specifically my vibe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy

soundslikeelle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion

readwithria's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

Damaged Goods is my first Talia Hibbert book, and I didn’t know anything about it going in. Lo and behold, there are CONTENT WARNINGS! With chapter numbers! Oh my god every author needs to add content warnings in some capacity to their books, and when someone does with as much care as Talia Hibbert did it makes me so happy.

Anyway, on to the actual book review. I enjoyed this novella! I’m definitely more of a romcom girl than an emotional/tense romance girl, but the pacing was really good and it felt like a full story even at only 160 pages.

I don’t think this series is necessarily right for me, but I will definitely be reading more of Talia Hibbert’s books. Her writing style feels like a good match for me as a reader, so I can’t wait to read some of her more lighthearted books. 3.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual violence and Car accident

nitya's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.0

My first book by Talia and it's childhood sweethearts/second chance romance 🫶

Need to read everything she wrote!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting and Domestic abuse

Minor: Ableism and Fatphobia

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

ollie_again's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual violence

thisreadingcorner's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

mortiffa's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

Never thought I would rate a Talia Hibbert book lower than a 4, but I had a lot of issues with this one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion and Toxic friendship