Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

11 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

kam_be's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Bullying, and Classism

haniadurrani's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Window shopping was a breezy fun read to get me out of my reading slump. I feel that the pace of the book was too fast however as the main character ends up calling his love interest "sweetheart" on page 42. The author did not give any time for the chemistry to sizzle from a romance standpoint so that was too fast for me. In addition, there's the certain edginess to the female MC portrayed which doesn't reflect her behaviour with the male MC. Homegirl acted tough but was a damsel in distress in half of the book. Not to mention that the character development of the female MC was done very lazily with the central problem being a toxic friend that was dragged out for fucking 50+ pages. . This central problem was solved in one sentence towards the end of book which is very lazy!

However, one redeeming point of the book is the spicy scenes which were well done. If you have a thing for bowties with golden retriever male MCs, you'll enjoy this. From a plot and character development standpoint, this book was average at best. I liked the writing though, and since this is one of the older works of the author, I'd read another recent work by her. But this one was a no for me...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

hallemcclain's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gun violence

fengxin's review against another edition

emotional 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

ximena88's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

sydapel's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Violence

jhaneveauguste's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Violence

akswhy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

Come for the Christmas shopping vibe, stay for the five-pepper spice. 🥵

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence

erikalv97's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a fun holiday read, I found some parts to be a little awkward, but nothing too bad. 

I loved the supporting characters, they stole the show. 

This book is 18+ so definitely check the cw 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content