Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Wait for You by Jennifer L. Armentrout

4 reviews

myinvinciblesummer's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

The topic of how we discuss the trauma of past SA has definitely evolved since this book. While the love story was sweet and lovely, I couldn’t enjoy it because of how poorly the SA was handled in this book, and how it was constantly clobbered over our head. Not that it isn’t an important thing to talk about but I was constantly on edge because it was brought up so often. The SA topic was handled in a jarring and blunt manner. From the description of the act, too many details brought up again and again of how cruelly victims are treated, etc. I found it really triggering and I don’t suggest this book for other SA survivors

I refuse to say the fact it was SA is a spoiler. It’s in front of our faces from almost the very beginning that the FMC was SAed in some way and that everyone in her life acted cruelly.
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hannibanani29's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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traceyanderson's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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juliana_caterin's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad 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? Yes

4.0

4.0

I loved this book, so I must warn you to not make the same mistake that I did: DON'T READ THE SECOND BOOK. Leave the MC as they are.
I read the next book, and then I went to this book and opened my eyes to all the flaws and emotional abuse that the MC went through with the main love interest. As we only got her POV in this book, the love interest, Cam, is so charming, and a truly nice guy. But that's what happens when the character is using her rose-color glass and missed all the red flags.
Check CW, and have in mind that might differ from one person to the other. I would recommend reading other books from this author since this isn't her best work. But it's not a bad book.
After reading the second book I can tell for sure that he was a "nice guy" for sure. And I don't want that BS about the publication year, this was gaslighting and emotional abuse in a book.
I'll leave it with 4-stars due to the fact that's what I gave it when I first read it. As a standalone, it was good, it was sneaky about the abuse and gaslighting (which it's terrifying that I didn't notice this when I first read it. It was so subliminal that I don't think the author did it on purpose). This is me trying to be fair, and authentic about my first review of the book.
The gaslighting and abuse are so subtle that you might not even notice, so if that doesn't bother you and you can look past that... you might enjoy it.
But I'm not recommending this book to you.
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