Reviews

Forbidden: Part One by Emilia Emerson

imetacat's review

3.5

Main critique: FMC whined a lot. admittedly she had valid self doubts from her past experiences, she required so much verbal affirmation. If you removed the ego stroking this book would be 150 pages instead of 500

hannahfarn's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

mldreading's review

dark emotional lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

4.0

kas_the_crow19's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia

summer_rene19's review

It was just getting a little bit boring

dtrenkle's review

So whiney, pacing is so slow and I just can’t get over the nonsense

kassiebetweenpages's review against another edition

5.0

This book gave me all the feels

I Loved this book so much! The author did an excellent job taking care to capturing some real life struggles that plus size people experience without the book feeling like it was outright fat shaming.it was handled with such care while also giving a voice to our FMC's past trauma and experiences.

alyssarrw's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

This book seems like something that’s right up my alley, but it was such a hard read. The sheer amount of trauma the main characters experienced just became uninteresting at a certain point. There’s only so much trauma these people can experience. It felt like everyone expect the main characters were just straight villains. In addition, I found all the main characters to be so insecure and needy. I got really tired of all the crying and whining and needing reassurance from each other. 

buriedbetweenpages's review

emotional funny sad 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? Yes

5.0

chapterswithrae's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

brb sobbing my eyes out