Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Slammed by Colleen Hoover

20 reviews

patyche's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Adult/minor relationship

tt_rex17's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.5

This is the blatant romanticizing of grooming and abuse with the label of young-adult romance slapped on the cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, and Death

strapmatey's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

almost dnf'ed it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, Death of parent, Trafficking, and Terminal illness

kxmsi's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

emmylunaa's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.5

This book might be the worst Colleen Hoover book I’ve ever read. I thought the book would be about slam poetry but it is actually Ezria fan fiction in disguise. The book is about how a teacher grooms his student but Hoover writes this like a romance. The reader is meant to root for the creepy teacher. Horrific, disgusting, triggering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

martafleite's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Cancer

Moderate: Car accident

brxket's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

As if glorifying and romanticising grooming wasn’t enough they made the main character the biggest petulant child ever reinforcing the fact she should NOT be seeing her teacher regardless of the age gap. Poetry was also ass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Violence

deartaylorwoods's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Finally knocked this off of my TBR list after TEN YEARS. I didn’t expect to enjoy it this much, but I also know if I had read it 10 years ago… I’d have somehow liked it even more.

My biggest gripe was that conveniently RIGHT before everything escalates is the moment Lake recognizes the irresponsibility of their relationship. It’s written as quite a revelation, yet she throws it to the wind almost immediately after the climax.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Grief

whosfernn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

Reading a book about a student/teacher relationship was not on my itinerary for this year, but here we are. If I wanted to read wattpad, I would go on wattpad. I do not need that kind of low-effort problematic romance when I choose to read an actual book. I think my personal favourite part was when **spoilers** a nine year old boy dressed up as his mother's cancerous lungs for Halloween, and said mother willingly made the costume. If someone hadn't already bought me the rest of the series, I wouldn't touch either of the following books with a ten foot pole, but unfortunately they're on my bedroom floor so I guess I have to read them. The only thing stopping this book from being one star was the fact that it was so damn easy to read. I flew through it, and I hated every second of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

madelinekramer2021's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship