Reviews with content warning for Toxic relationship - Pucking Around (includes That One Night)

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Pucking Around (includes That One Night) by Emily Rath

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maharlafarley's review against another edition

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dark hopeful medium-paced

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

2.0

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heftsi's review

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challenging slow-paced

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

1.0

I will never read a book like this again. This book is entirely too long and would’ve been great without the never ending sex scenes. I had to skip forward and play the audiobook at up to 2x speed in several cases. The backstory is interesting but unfortunately overshadowed by the unending sex scenes.

When I saw the audiobook was 14.5 hours I thought there’s no way a book needs to be that long. And the reason it’s so long is because it’s a bunch of drawn out sex scenes linked together by an interesting story. This bin could have been shorter. Way shorter. But apparently the sex scenes just had to be as long as possible. I wish there was a version I’d the book with less sex and more story.

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dani_reis's review against another edition

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Way too long of a book. Need more plot. Baby is said so much it's nauseating.

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ladynavalon's review against another edition

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funny slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

Let's be honest. This book is for what it is, period. To read it with your favorite toy at hand and not give the plot too much thought. Porn with (bad) plot, that's all. Don't take it seriously... because if you do.... well, it's a book with some pretty toxic characters. Rachel is a whiny (actually, she whines all the time), manipulative spoiled brat who at no time thinks about anything but her brown pussy. Jake is an insecure little boy who has a lot of self-esteem to work on, the author says he's a golden reteiever, but perhaps he's the most toxic. Caleb could have been an interesting character if he had accepted his sexuality and communicated more, (as it looked like he was going to). And Ilmari... look, the guy is possessive as fuck and has monumental trauma. But hey, they're all possessive as hell and carry their traumas with them. If I dig deeper into the plot, I get more pissed off: their (the boy's) sexuality is specifically misrepresented, because they never admit that they like boys; the relationships between them.... (I think it would all make more sense if Caleb and Jake had something going on before Rachel arrived, if Ilmari had entered the relationship through Jake or Caleb, not Rachel). And worst of all, how toxic and unrealistic relationships and sex are, and that this is available to young impressionable girls. Zero judgedment if you read it as an adult with a head in orden to have a good time, but making it available to young girls seems very dangerous to me and normalizes horrible and super toxic things.
Not LGTB+ friendly at all!!!!!!!!!

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kell_yeah_reads's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-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

2.75

I'm too monogamous. the spice was fine- but why mingle so many feelings, it sounds exhausting which is not what I look for when reading lol

spice 🌶 - a 5 🌶 spicy - i mean... its a lot. a lot a lot.

length - too long. toooo long.

reading speed - first 500 pages- 4 days, last 200? 3 weeks. I invested too much time to dnf.
did it make me cry? - nope. unless wishing it was finished counts as a cry for this book.

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sydneeshae's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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thelibraryoflovelythings's review against another edition

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Rachel is insufferable. Only cares about herself. I literally could not sit there and watch our two first MMC get their feelings hurt by her over and over again. Poor Jake, divorce the girlfriend marry the sushi.

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samanthahawn's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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erkietheturkey's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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