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sopheleanor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Death, Misogyny, Outing, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexual harassment
book_of_the_north'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I felt disconnected from the utter horror on the page for the vast majority. Whilst reading I found myself frustrated with the characters and the writing style, passing much judgement, feeling at ease to stop mid chapter and pick up and put down without much thought. Treating it like a soap opera or reality TV show or .....TMZ...
On reflection, I'm sat here connecting the characters experience and the public reaction, drawing parallels to IRL celebrities and it hit me....did I just engage with this book exactly the same way I engaged with those real people and real life experiences?
Did Yomi Adegoke just do that, and do that intentionally?
For now all I can say is that my experience reflecting on the book was more enjoyable than my time reading it.
I'll definitely keep an eye on future releases from this author but I don't think I can fit this into a neat or fair star rating so I'm not going to try.
Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Suicide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
This book describes the impacts of sexual violence, public responses. Shame, depression, anxiety and the consequences of mental health are a strong themes.klb77's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
Do you want to know what happens in this book? Read the synopsis and then the final 10% for the lack of resolution or accountability from every single person involved in this shit show. Nothing else happens other than one self-righteous fight and one bit of drama at an event. the ONLY bit of additional drama that occurs at the single defined event of the entire book.
If you want fanfiction of AD and Clay from Love Is Blind: here it is. The “I can fix him” and the “She’ll stand by me no matter what harm I do to her” thinking they can successfully have a marriage between them.
This book was entirely one-note and the ending wasn’t the end of anything or an ending marked by change or growth or accountability or even fucking acknowledgment of inciting events. The plot holes were jarring and entirely unforgivable and every side character was interchangeable with eachother. Petty points off for the chapter titles being huge spoilers as well.
The only compliment I can give is that it was an accurate representation of a shithead man but I already knew PLENTY about that from dropping my own last year. Beat for beat they had similar thoughts and excuses. The audiobook narrator did well wresting and differentiating all of the different one note characters and their accents. The content was truly enraging but her job was very well done.
In the Q&A between the voice actor/narrator and the author I found the jokes about cancelling *them* over tiny things to be wildly tone deaf. Do you truly think a self deprecating joke about your own work is equivalent to date rape/kidnapping/assault/ coercion/etc etc etc etc listed in your own fucking book? Now who’s trivializing things? The lack of proper content warnings is abhorrent considering the thing I’ve chosen to spoiler over below.
Maybe it’s cold but the only thing I was rooting for was
Also why the fuck did he wake up with a feeding tube. That makes no sense. the science in this book sucked shit too but now I truly am being petty.
Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Addiction, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Classism, Medical content, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Outing, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Biphobia
Minor: Vomit and Kidnapping
lebron_jamie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt
nanirump's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Cultural appropriation, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Drug use
emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Infidelity, Misogyny, Outing, Pedophilia, Suicide, Cursing, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Bullying, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Violence
laura_clarinets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Racism
ukponge's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Physical abuse
laurataylor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Car accident, Infidelity, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault