Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Deal by Elle Kennedy

790 reviews

griffl's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

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⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ 

This is such a good book.

It’s got all of the enjoyment of a hockey college romance and so much more.

The main characters have such good development. They have both overcome some horrid trauma (which is explored in page) and find that they help the other heal, and their relationship is beautiful. 

I laughed, I cried and I enjoyed the spice. I’ll definitely reread in the future and I’ll also finish the rest of the series and explore Elle’s other works.

Themes/Tropes:

Sports Romance, Hockey, College, Tragic Backstory, Emotional Scars, Fake Dating, Close Proximity, Mental Health Rep & Multi POV. 

4/5 🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape

jessk349's review against another edition

5.0

funny 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape

jgruman's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape

allyrosereadsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

blossomexe's review against another edition

5.0

funny reflective fast-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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Pretty sure I would’ve finished this book in 2 days if it wasn’t for my trip. I loveddddd this book sm. Even if the plot line was predictable looking back on it. I was hooked. Even more now that it’s getting a show. I do worry abt the other books since I had a hard time remembering names besides Allie. Crazy this whole thing happened in the span of a couple months. So excited to get to the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape

angel1999's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

kerrinikole's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape

ellygreenwood5's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape

paige_21143's review against another edition

2.5

emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The content warnings definitely need to be modified to warn that the rape is an extremely prevalent part of the book and that there is a vivid description of it on page?? Like girl we didn’t need that??

Love story was cute but I couldn’t get too happy with it before something weird came up and I was drawn away from it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault

sygritte's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent