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csbartunek's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
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
earthybooks's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
It wasn’t a bad book but it wasn’t amazing. Lots of other reviews say the same thing - they had high hopes and the book kind of fell flat.
Some of the content and decisions made by the MC were hard to read (Although I guess that was also part of the character but still).
TRIGGER WARNING - There is an age gap between the MFC and one MMC that is borderline predatory. I tried to ignore the age gap (it’s not horrendous) but the fact that she’s underage when they meet is brought up MANY times and is a huge factor in why I rated this book so low. I made me feel icky and was really hard to move past.
The plot seemed to jump around a lot and there were a lot of things that didn’t feel like they fit in but were forced into the story. You can tell that more books are planned, but it felt like 6 different plots were dropped in and then didn’t go anywhere (but plan to in later books??).
I felt the last 25% of the books also felt rushed and was fairly anticlimactic.
Don’t get me wrong, there were times I was definitely enjoying this book and excited about it, but the characters felt too problematic to ignore, and the plot jumped around too much.
It was good enough that I’d probably pick up the second book in hopes that it would be better and reach the potential I had for this book.
Some of the content and decisions made by the MC were hard to read (Although I guess that was also part of the character but still).
TRIGGER WARNING - There is an age gap between the MFC and one MMC that is borderline predatory. I tried to ignore the age gap (it’s not horrendous) but the fact that she’s underage when they meet is brought up MANY times and is a huge factor in why I rated this book so low. I made me feel icky and was really hard to move past.
The plot seemed to jump around a lot and there were a lot of things that didn’t feel like they fit in but were forced into the story. You can tell that more books are planned, but it felt like 6 different plots were dropped in and then didn’t go anywhere (but plan to in later books??).
I felt the last 25% of the books also felt rushed and was fairly anticlimactic.
Don’t get me wrong, there were times I was definitely enjoying this book and excited about it, but the characters felt too problematic to ignore, and the plot jumped around too much.
It was good enough that I’d probably pick up the second book in hopes that it would be better and reach the potential I had for this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Minor: Racism
hschlecht's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Drug use, Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death
tarnaflake's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Abandonment
milpeaches's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
- 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
I eagerly awaited a new spin on the classic about the Boy Who Never Grew Up. Hastings writing mimicked the confused Never Girl who was forgetful and impressionable. As always, Hastings writing is beautiful and lyrical. It was easy to see her love of this story but it felt too much like a history of baggage that I put away a long time ago.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Kidnapping
jco1016's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Abandonment, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual content
vodkaalmelone's review against another edition
challenging
sad
tense
slow-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
Obviously one star. I can't put it for some reason, but one star. If I could, i'd put zero.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny
Minor: Colonisation
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