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The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

130 reviews

ewalkergrace's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Sexual content

theirgracegrace's review

emotional funny inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The Flatshare was my book club's first book of 2023 and I will say that I was not initially thrilled with the idea of a romance novel. That was shattered when I actually started reading it! The characters are loveable and real in a very millennial way, the "arrangement" in the heart of the plot is a bit on the nose, and the subplots are where a lot of the most interesting action happens. The "side" plot of Tiffy's

gaslighting and abuse by Justin

caught me off guard, as it reasonably would, and became the most emotionally charged part of the book for me. All in all, an incredible work and one I will love to reread!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical content, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Child death, and Dementia

laheath's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

Enjoyable romance and more, told from alternating POV's. After leaving an emotionally-abusive relationship, Tiffy needs an inexpensive place to live and the only option within her budget is sharing an apartment with Leon, a palliative care nurse. More specifically, with one working days and the other working nights, they have set hours to occupy the apartment, meaning they may never meet though they sleep in the same bed. They begin leaving friendly notes to each other, then finally meet under embarrassing circumstances and sparks fly. As they learn more about the struggles the other is facing, they're able to see beyond themselves to help the other.

Initially, the living arrangement seemed bizarre, but not only did they make it work, it made sense for them. There were a few secondary characters causing some tense scenes, as the book addresses serious issues such as emotional abuse, gaslighting, a loved one in prison, and hospice, but also several laugh out loud moments thanks to the supportive, and sometimes quirky, family and friends of the MC's. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, and Cancer

Minor: Homophobia, Alcohol, and Cursing

infjkiki's review

emotional hopeful tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

Minor: War

con26books's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Don't walk run to the book shop and buy this book

This book is everything I could have wanted and more. It is a must read. This book is perfection. I envy anyone who gets to read this for the first time. 

The characters are perfect, they are so realistic and honest and human that when the book ends you feel like you've said goodbye to some friends. This book deals with difficult subjects so make sure you check the trigger warnings before you read this book. 

5/5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

thatfabchick's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

4.0

‼️‼️ spoiler, alert‼️‼️

Very good book. I look forward to reading more by this author. To be honest I would have given it a 5 star but the book started out slow and a bit confusing at 1st. Well to be honest I was going to DNF it. 

Yet at the 40% mark was were it picked up and I could not get enough of the book. It was  fast paced and I enjoyed the pov of both the MC. 

Another issue that I found in this book was that there was a major stereotype on the MMC, in the book, the character is described as being brown skin, and I’m assuming that he is black or mixed race that includes black (in the TV show he is cast as a black man) and the MMC has a brother that is in jail(falsely accused) and he was raised by a single mother, who has a string of different boyfriend who are abusive. So he has mommy issues. ( this was said exactly in the book.) as a woman of color reading this book do you have to say it threw me off a bit. I was enjoying reading the story about the MMC and then the whole my brothers in jail threw me off and then the whole I have mommy issues threw me off as well.  But in between that, this book is excellent well written I had a good time reading it it’s just those quick stereotypes which we really did not need. But what can we do. 

This is a well written book, I love the diversity in the book it is funny and sweet and quite an enjoyable read. I think a lot of people will like it, but I also want to make aware that there are a few stereotypes in this book. 

Other than that, this is a Good book I would recommend

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Toxic relationship

aj_langley's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer and Death

lenaschrn's review against another edition

funny 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

spreadbookjoy's review

dark emotional funny 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

An enjoyable read. I really liked the characters and their relationship. The scenario was interesting, but there were several moments which were quite contrived and teenage me would have loved, but adult me found myself rolling my eyes! There was also a misunderstanding that could have been cleared up with a simple conversation as the final plot point to be resolved (a trope I find lazy and frustrating!) but it was a lovely read and I will read more by the author. I thought he exploration of an emotionally coercive relationship and the resulting PTSD was really well written. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

jennylarue's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I don’t usually like dual perspective but this book did it SO well. It took me a minute but I really enjoyed the difference in writing styles. I read this book as a nice breath of rom com ness and it delivered just that. Main couple was compelling and developed  so naturally!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Mental illness