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rebecaatm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Stalking and Abandonment
casssch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Abandonment
lizeylu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
I will say, for a “tiktok book” my expectations were low so i was pleasantly surprised with the actual writing. Sometimes with popular books it can feel like a teenager is writing it but this one wasn’t like that.
BUT the plot… yikes. I think it had potential for sure but there were too many red flags and just over all yikes.
FIRSTLY, this girl IS LITERALLY A CHILD. I ain’t trying to yuck the age gap yum but like seriously, she’s 17, get your 40year old self out of here. I don’t care if she was 18 when anything serious happened. You were flirting with a 17year old.
SECONDLY dark romance doesn’t mean no consent. Let me say it one more time. DARK ROMANCE DOESN’T EQUAL NO CONSENT. You can write dark romance with consent. Come on guys, this isn’t something you should play around with. This happened at least twice in this book and I seriously should have stopped reading there.
THIRDLY why are these men literal animals, they can’t last one day without having sex or “needing” sex. Get out of here. You are adult men you can keep it in your pants
FOURTHLY… YOU ARE LITERALLY RELATED YUCK EW STOP. this I could kind of put to the back of my mind cause they aren’t blood related but you can’t be talking like family and then turn around and make it sexual. On top of that, how do you just feel chill about your brother/dad/son is having sex with the same girl you are. Like what? No thoughts on how that is weird to you at all??
Overall, this girl was seriously taken advantage of, the men were not good men. Anyone would be seriously confused by the way each man was treating her. I was waiting for some sort of redeeming factor from the man she ends up “choosing” but really I don’t think the character development happened. Every person in this book needs some therapy.
The only thing I liked about this book is the living in a forest (slay farm vibe #cottagecore) and the mention of Amber run (an artist I like)
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Abandonment
velmad's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Fantastic book, while as taboo as they come. The underlying theme of grief and abandonment was compelling and emotional.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
danicorx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Physical abuse and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Islamophobia, and Fire/Fire injury
the_other_one_who_reads's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, and Rape
ayeshacameron's review against another edition
0.25
Straight up incest and romanticised assault, rape and lack of women’s rights. There is no way I wouldn’t have finished it if it wasn’t for book club, when we just wanted an easy sexy read, little did we know it was gonna be do disgusting to read. Would give it a -10 if possible.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
rareid123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence
sae3005's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, and Death of parent
teamwombat's review against another edition
I mean to say, it’s awful… but I read it. Probably shouldn’t have… but I read it. I read the whole thing and I wish I hadn’t.
The ending is a very convenient 5 years on happy ever after that frankly no one needed or buying.
It’s bad. It’s just bad.
There should just be plain old warnings for this, not just trigger ones.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment