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A review by mar_reads7
The Dare by Elle Kennedy
funny
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
I'm genuinely shocked this has the lowest rating of all the briar u books, conor and taylor are very funny and likeable and I enjoyed watching their relationship evolve.
The miscommunications everyone keep talking about felt more like someone being overwhelmed and shutting down, which feels like a realistic human reaction to me so I don't mind that too much.
I don't love that Elle Kennedy seems to have accidentally given Taylor an eating disorder though. When in Taylor's pov she describes some behaviours about her relationship with food that scream earing disorder to me but those things are never addressed, eating disorders are never even brought up so I don't think it was done on purpose. I don't like that this book went through however many hands it had to go through before being published and no one thought to be say that Taylor's relationship with food wasn't healthy and that it's not okay that she restricts her eating just because she's "chubby". I know this is because Elle Kennedy isn't fat so she has no frame of reference for writing a fat character but someone should have caught that at some point between the book being written and it being published.
That being said, that's my one real gripe with this book, I really enjoyed it.
The miscommunications everyone keep talking about felt more like someone being overwhelmed and shutting down, which feels like a realistic human reaction to me so I don't mind that too much.
I don't love that Elle Kennedy seems to have accidentally given Taylor an eating disorder though. When in Taylor's pov she describes some behaviours about her relationship with food that scream earing disorder to me but those things are never addressed, eating disorders are never even brought up so I don't think it was done on purpose. I don't like that this book went through however many hands it had to go through before being published and no one thought to be say that Taylor's relationship with food wasn't healthy and that it's not okay that she restricts her eating just because she's "chubby". I know this is because Elle Kennedy isn't fat so she has no frame of reference for writing a fat character but someone should have caught that at some point between the book being written and it being published.
That being said, that's my one real gripe with this book, I really enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Eating disorder