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chloerebecca974's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
emilyrainsford's review
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Reading this book was like slowly commando crawling naked across a lawn full of prickles.
The protagonist Scarlett is incredibly irritating, and MELODRAMATIC. I found it really hard to find it believable that a sex tape would really wreak so much havoc on someone's life in this day and age. Like, wow, you had sex before having kids, shock horror. Seriously, no one cares. It's not 1905. This woman overreacted to literally everything, to the extreme. The book felt like basically the same two sentences repeated over and over again for a million pages: 1. Having a baby changes what your life looks like, and 2. OH GAAAAAD MY LIFE IS OVER BECAUSE I HAD SEX THIS ONE TIME WOE IS ME I'M CRUMBLING I'M PANICKING I'M VIBRATING
Fecking get over yourself woman, Jesus.
I think if she "vibrated" one more time in the last few chapters, she probably would have came. How does your "whole body vibrate"??
If I had to hear one more time about how SHAMEFUL and LIFE DESTROYING it is to have a sexual past, or heaven forbid, bea sex worker , I might scream myself, and not from pleasure. Was this written by a 90 year old grandma clutching her pearls?? Or maybe by Ed himself??
This was not "addictive" or "twisted". It was heavy handed, repetitive, and frankly just stupid. I absolutely did not care who did it. I just wanted it to be over.
I read this as an eARC on Netgalley, with thanks to the publishers.
The protagonist Scarlett is incredibly irritating, and MELODRAMATIC. I found it really hard to find it believable that a sex tape would really wreak so much havoc on someone's life in this day and age. Like, wow, you had sex before having kids, shock horror. Seriously, no one cares. It's not 1905. This woman overreacted to literally everything, to the extreme. The book felt like basically the same two sentences repeated over and over again for a million pages: 1. Having a baby changes what your life looks like, and 2. OH GAAAAAD MY LIFE IS OVER BECAUSE I HAD SEX THIS ONE TIME WOE IS ME I'M CRUMBLING I'M PANICKING I'M VIBRATING
Fecking get over yourself woman, Jesus.
I think if she "vibrated" one more time in the last few chapters, she probably would have came. How does your "whole body vibrate"??
If I had to hear one more time about how SHAMEFUL and LIFE DESTROYING it is to have a sexual past, or heaven forbid, be
This was not "addictive" or "twisted". It was heavy handed, repetitive, and frankly just stupid. I absolutely did not care who did it. I just wanted it to be over.
I read this as an eARC on Netgalley, with thanks to the publishers.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Violence