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A review by amartinios
Best Supporting Actor by Joanna Chambers, Sally Malcolm
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.5
Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship
Some details on the content warnings I added in the moderate category: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship. Wrapped in spoilertags so you can choose if you need to know this beforehand.
One of the main characters has trauma from a previous relationship with an abusive boyfriend. This boyfriend was older than the character, who was himself above the age of consent, but still young and inexperienced. He was inconsiderate when it came to sex, barely bothering with foreplay and basically just trying to "get to to the destination" as quickly as possible, and shaming the main character for not being able to "arrive at the destination" fast enough. This severaly undercut the main characters sexual and body confidence.
On top of this (no pun intended) they both performed in a play and the abusive boyfriend would deliberate do things during performances to throw the main character of, finally succeeding in making him block so bad he had to be replaced by his understudy mid-performance. This caused a severe blow to his the main characters confidence oin live performance, like theater. The abuse is mentioned throughout the book, but not directly shown, but it does play a big role in the main characters mental state and motivations throughout the story.
At the end of the book though, it is revealed that the abusive ex-boyfriend is getting to face some karmic justice. This is through no direct involvement of any of the main characters and is mentioned, but again not directly shown.