Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

116 reviews

kay_arielle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

imaginingly's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• 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

bruh the beginning made me feel like i was having a stroke i had no idea what was going on but whew it is a bit spicy after you get to know the characters more and the writing was beautiful throughout those explicit scenes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexism and Cursing

Minor: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

author2223's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Body shaming

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

amris's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Ableism

Moderate: Bullying

jackiie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Alcohol

hayleymorrison's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• 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

3.25

I liked the female protagonist. A lot of discussion about her size and weight and I’m not sure how to feel about it. I don’t know if a romance novel was the form that I would’ve liked to been approached with these subjects. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Emotional abuse

bayleereads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I wanted to love this one more than I did, but I still liked it! I am not a fantasy TV show watcher (like GoT), so this one didn't really resonate with me as much as it might have for others. I am also not into cosplay or fan-fiction, so this is another reason why it didn't hit the mark for me. A lot of the cosplay/fantasy/fan-fiction references went over my head. I loved the plus size representation and Marcus' love for April, however I found it almost too good to be true-- very insta-love-y. I also found our FMC to be quite dense and judgmental, which made me dislike her for most of the book. I liked the dyslexia, familial emotional manipulation, and anxiety representation too. Overall, this book was okay and I *did* like it, just not as much as I had hoped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

smmoe1997's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

I really, really, really liked this book, I listened to the audio version which was very well done by the narrator. I found the characters fun and easy to root for, there is angst, of course, but good communication between the main characters, although not always when they should, the characters are very human and flawed and it was great to read their journey towards their authentic selves.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

While the book is body positive, there are mentions and occurrences of fat shaming by friends and parents, and mishandling of learning disorders. Both MC have fraught relationships with their parents.

notsobinaryart's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Ableism

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Misogyny, Eating disorder, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Alcohol, and War

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual content