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sioxricky's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
karouty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
allieraj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Incest, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Blood, and Pregnancy
pam_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
_kirby_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I went through similar trauma to Tiernan and I connected with her. I too had my moments where I just wanted to be loved and looked for anyone to make me feel good & feel loved because I never felt like I was loved by my father or anyone else in my life other than my mom - like tiernan with her parents.
It may just be me but I didn’t think this was anything too crazy regarding dark romance but to each their own. If you are triggered by abuse, death of parents, aggressive male behavior, lots of sex and even scenes that are on the verge of rape, don’t read this book.
The character development is great in my opinion and to see all of the characters help eachother heal their trauma is awesome! Regardless of how that healing is done.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
sbordo'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
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
ali_sun's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
cheeserue's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
2.5
I have mixed feelings about this one. it was entertaining enough to pull me in and want to finish reading, but also the characters made me want to scream.
Tiernan is a meekly little thing who's never felt the love of her parents, not because they weren't there, but because they are too far up each other's asses to care about the fact that they chose to have a child. this causes her to not develop a personality or any self survival skills. she ships herself off to her "uncle" whom she's never met and barely heard of.
the boys are a combination of a 40somthing year old 'step' uncle who fucks the 25 y/o neighborhood skanks, a who psychopathic mute who immediately tried to rape her upon meeting, and Noah who I kinda liked.
I will never understand why she chose keleb, they barely spend time together and when they are in the same room he has the most red flags out of all of them. you could play a drinking game with all the shitty things he does to her; but for some reason she forgives every little thing he's done the second she finds those books.
I'll give it to Penelope, she did have me feeling a bit for him while I was reading those 'journal' entries, however his trauma and inability to speak does not cancel out how toxic he was the whole book.
that threesome scene had me sweating like a sinner in church.
don't even get me started with the ending. automatic loss of star for pregnancy trope, not all stories need to end in a marriage and kids.
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
dnsbrky's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
edietz22's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail