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Bully by Penelope Douglas

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naf21's review against another edition

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challenging tense medium-paced

4.0

meggyy's review against another edition

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4.0

3,8 ⭐
Hum... Bon, autant j'ai aimé ce livre, autant il y a plusieurs chose qui m'ont dérangé.

Commençons par un petit disclaimer: Le harcèlement n'est pas acceptable. C'est immoral. En harcelant une personne, vous ne savez pas quel mal vous pouvez lui faire et comment cette personne peut réagir. C'est un sévice psychologique qui a des conséquences. Cela est condamné par par la Loi!

Par la suite, ce livre nous présente Tate et Jared qui ont été amies durant l'enfance mais l'été de leurs 14 ans (si je me trompe pas), Jared est revenue de ses vacances de chez son père transformé. Il a commencé à harceler Tate et sont donc devenues ennemies.

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Personnellement, j'ai en horreur le harcèlement. Et j'ai eu un peu de mal à accepter la raison de Jared pour avoir harceler Tate durant tous ce temps... Et j'ai trouvé qu'elle lui pardonnait malgré ça un peu facilement (oui elle dit plusieurs fois qu'elle ne lui fait pas confiance mais j'ai quand même trouvé ça rapide). Je trouve ça fou que Jared ne se sois pas rendu compte quel mal il lui faisait, après tout il dit bien qu'elle ne faisait que pleurer...?! J'ai trouvé ça un peu trop facile. Heureusement que ce n'est qu'une fiction!
Par contre, ce que j'ai adoré: la personnalité des personnages, la maîtrise de l'intrigue, le contexte et le monde (les courses), le smut

meigothic's review against another edition

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1.0

I almost never leave negative reviews since I usually just want to recommend things I enjoyed rather than talk about why I didn't enjoy a book. HOWEVER, I really just feel the need to say that if you're here for a good bully or a enemies to lovers romance, just please look elsewhere. There are WAY better ones out there. This has nothing to do with the bullying and everything about how flat and frustrating both Tate and Jared are. The side characters were also frustrating except for maybe Madoc and even that's a stretch. Maybe this was a case of overhype on my end, but it was a complete letdown since I heard great things about it.

cafagna's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

velvetthunder55's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

rachel__anne's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 stars.

This book was a huge surprise for me, I had only read one book by Penelope beforehand. The description of this book sounded very cliche if I'm being honest, but it had so much more depth to it then you would expect. As someone who had a guy best friend of eight years and lost him, it touched me in a different way. This book was not only a sexy romance but it delved into several topics, such as family abuse, but it didn't do it in a trashy way. The ending left me satisfied and I will for sure pick up the next book because Penelope's books are just so easy and fun to read but also touching and real.