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lenaricharz's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Homophobia
flannerbee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Sexual assault and Gaslighting
instalovewithbooks's review against another edition
Dylan is a "nice guy", his best friend Marcus is a twat, and Addy is a bit more likable but honestly I got sick of her too.
This is probably my least fave of Beth's works which also includes The Switch.
Ah, well, up and over.
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Minor: Vomit
abimyers_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
2 🌶️
The Road Trip follows a group of people travelling to a wedding together after their cars crash. In one car is Addie and Deb who are sisters and Rodney a random person needing a lift and the other car happens to be Dylan Addie's ex and his best friend Marcus.
Duel perspective following Addie's and Dylan's relationship at the beginning and being forced together in a car.
Graphic: Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Stalking
Minor: Car accident
jg34's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Things that annoyed me (maybe sort of spoilers???)
-Marcus obviously
-Jumping forward and backward in time only getting tiny bits of the story until the very end
-Friend group reminded me of magnolia parks (a book I did not finish bc I couldn’t stand the toxic friendships)
-The overall fact that Dylan never stood up for Addie and couldn’t see Marcus blatantly trying to break them up
The fact that all of this comes together and gets resolved quite well at the end proves to me it was all worth it and it was all calculated on the authors part but I was truly about to go crazy at times. So enjoyment level.. 2/5 but everything else 5/5??? I guess I went into this hoping for a lighthearted rom com but that is not what I got
Graphic: Addiction and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
sissiemilia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
kerryanna2709's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Why Addie even wanted to be with Dylan is beyond me. He's a man who can't make up his mind about anything, follows people around rather than doing his own thing, and thinks that occasionally writing 1 line of poetry means he should be able to build a career as a full-time poet. And as for why anyone put up with Marcus is a mystery. Presumably he was meant to be the life and soul of the party but he was just another guy living on his daddy's money and being an idiot.
Oh, and Dylan's parents live in a house that could be bought by the National Trust??? What a weird throw away to the "plot".
If you want to read a book about a girl who meets a guy, is treated terribly by him and his rich mates, almost gets raped but is too shamed to tell her boyfriend and so he dumps her, and then takes him back two years later when she's finally in a good place then this will be right up your street. Otherwise, avoid it.
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Moderate: Sexual assault
avisreadsandreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy
aseel_reads's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
yareliz's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Classism