Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

45 reviews

kaleighfinn's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Classism

ix37lexi's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wasn’t too big of a fan of the majority of the book, I felt like it was repetitive and dragged on but I like how the ending wrapped it up so that helped redeem the book a little for me. It very much was not my style and there were certain scenes and descriptions I could have done without personally. The characters weren’t very interesting to me and none of the characters besides the main two were fleshed out characters. The relationship between Rhys and Bridget seemed toxic because they relied on each other too much and </spoiler he drinks alcohol for the first time when they get separated from each other which is completely out of character, but at least it didn’t continue after that> There is also something mentioned in the book that was never brought up again, but I’m assuming that’s for the fourth book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexism, Car accident

booksofautumn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

franthebooknerd's review against another edition

1.5

challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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He is way too possesive and the relationship is super toxic. Hoped for something else.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

3.5

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, War, Classism

amre23's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content

jen1804's review against another edition

4.75

challenging funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A forbidden, royal, body guard, slow burn, enemies to lovers romance? Absobloodylutely yes please!
Bridget is a strong minded sunshine who dreams of falling in love one day. She is suddenly thrust into the line of succession when her brother abdicates the throne. Rhys is a brooding and possessive grump who happens to develop a soft spot for princess Bridget after several years of being responsible for keeping her safe as her bodyguard.
I really loved Bridget and Rhys’ story, ughh. This book felt long but for all the right reasons, it was a journey and I loved living said journey alongside these characters. It didn’t feel rushed like some other instant-love romance books and I loved that about it. It happens over a realistic timeframe across several years, and the multiple POV gave us both of their inner monologues so we got to see the attraction grow for each of them in real time. And I am OBSESSED with the two of them together.
At times this book was cute as hell, and at others it was incredibly steamy🥵. And boy does this book provide quotes to die for in both the cute bracket AND the steamy bracket, holy moly!
Would recommend, so much better than the first book of this series.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

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Liked this one only a bit more than the first, probably because I'm a sucker for the bodyguard trope. Read it all in one day! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism

laurenvoice's review against another edition

4.25

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Wow! Yep, massive Rhys Larsen fan now.

The pacing of Twisted Games was much better than Twisted Love; we got to see the romance build between Bridget and Rhys; it was a slow burn, but perfect! I loved that we saw all the little details that built-up their love story, for example, the indoor festival, the graduation dinner oh, and the bucket list Costa Rica trip.

The only downfall of Twisted Games was the ending; the unravelling of the secret filming/photo leak plot was anti-climatic. And I am still trying to work out the point of some of the characters that were introduced and ended up adding nothing interesting to the story. The ending felt rushed; and, to be honest, a bit cheesy!

Nonetheless, I loved Bridget and Rhys's love story; plus, extremely happy with Alex and Ava's cameos. Oh, I do wish that Twisted Love was the same length as Twisted Games. The time jumps in this were done perfectly, and seeing all those little details and intimate conversations between Bridget and Rhys helped build their chemistry and relationship beautifully.

I can't wait to see what happens in the next Twisted book; I am excited for Stella and Christian's story!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent

frantically's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This read like a Throne Of Glass fanfiction. The politics were so dumb, they fell apart whenever you started thinking about them. But our main couple was still really cute <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Kidnapping

Infidelity is not between the MC's.