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csbartunek'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
2.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Kidnapping, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent, Child abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, and Death
hschlecht's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Drug use, Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death
milpeaches's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
TW: This will be tough to read for survivors of abuse. Must be read with a clear understanding of what is and is not acceptable in relationships.
Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Kidnapping
vodkaalmelone'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
Possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. I think this might actually be worse than It ends with us, and that is saying a lot. A torture to read. And I'm sad and disappointed to say this.
Everything feels off, nonsensical, weird.. Just wrong. Starting off with plot itself, and my god.. the characters..
Daphne was incredibly weird, totally a flat character, absolutely lacking determination and self-respect. Hook was the absolute worst, everything he said felt predatory, creepy, vomiting.. And the accent was exaggerated so much that it felt cartoonish and childish. But Peter Pan was (unbelievably) even worse. It made this book truly nauseating for me because he has the mind of a child, and he talks like one, and is extremely sexualized. Who approved this? I thought it was going to a be a sweet, dreamy novel (maybe with a touch of toxicity and drama in BJ style) but this was entirely TOO MUCH. It felt like a poorly written dark romance, with the worst tropes and most disgusting plot twists (wtf was that??).
Listen, it might just be me, but at a certain point it became too much to read, as in if I had known that I would have avoided reading it. Stuff like ''You are mine'', ''we aren't finished till I say we are'', there are a lot of toxic phrases like that, purity culture and virginity, characters turning physically violent.. triggered me. But then again, maybe I'm too sensitive to these things, idk.
At a certain point I stopped reading the footnotes because first of all most of them literally add nothing to what is being said, and secondly they reminded me of Daisy and I'm in total desbelief this book was written by the same author.
Also, it's littered with racist things. There are hints at political correctness at points, and colonial history and then SBAM we get stuff like ''brownies'', dirty skin, Benghazi.. How can someone miss these things? Stuff like this MATTERS. It all felt like a sick joke, ''brownies''? Really??
I'm in total disbelief, I agree with every other review that has been posted here, I'm glad I read them because I thought the problem was me.
I just want to forget I read this book.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny
Minor: Colonisation