nowakatie 's review for:

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

2.5

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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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so hey girl he’s abusing you!! I personally would not have let that slide!! hope this helps!!

real talk I'm so sick of authors romanticizing emotional abuse behavior. like he stalks her, love bombs her, manipulates her, threatens violence against any guy who comes near her effectively isolating her from having any male friends, and Josh is right to be pissed!! GET AWAY FROM HIM GIRL!! There’s a way to do overprotective that isn’t abusive but this was not that. Harmful for younger audiences by giving this couple a happy ending. ALSO, can we talk about the subtle pedophilia that’s going on here? He hates every single woman and can’t love them because they’re too adult and mature and emotionally intelligent for him, but then he finds this naive spunky happy girl who dresses noticeably younger and is four years younger than him and all of a sudden she’s the exception to the rule. HUH???? Anyways. Weird choices of stuff to romanticize here.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit