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The Anti-Hero by Sara Cate

5 reviews

thesmutfiles's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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youalrightmama's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Spice: 3/5

I liked the FMC but I couldn’t get into the MMC. Overall the religion stuff was too much for my taste. I did like the balance between plot and character development though. 

Spoiler alert —







Why in the world would Adam grab her neck after what his dad did to her!?!? 
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ourxstorybegins's review

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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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

So while I did ultimately come around to caring about Adam (MMC), I never really...started to like him? As a Christian, he was super judgmental and then while it’s framed as him figuring out who he was, I think that he really just shifted to finding his value through Sage (FMC) instead of God/his dad? And it’s fine, this is a romance not actually a book about deconstruction, but the struggle with Adam and his religion was SUCH a huge part of his story that I wish he could’ve come to a conclusion that wasn’t just “All that matters is Sage.” That + him realizing he’s into some kinky stuff being viewed as him accepting that he’s “not good” and stuff just felt weird. Still had fun and will keep reading this series though! Lol
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annahamburger's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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briochebun's review

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

2.5 out of 5 ☆’s.

”I don’t need him to be a hero—I just need him to be here.”

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I was so excited when I started this book because the writing style was nice and the premise of the story excited me, but I was not a fan of a handful of things that happened throughout this book…

I have never been a fan of those posts about “couples that break up after the epilogue” but I did end up feeling that way about Sage and Adam as their story progressed. The pair kept going on and on about how “they could never work” to the point where I couldn’t see them actually working out once I reached the end of their book. It felt as though their issues still hadn’t been resolved, and there wasn’t a way for them to both get what they wanted whilst being together (which was unsatisfying).

I also wasn’t a big the whole “revenge” plot line / the way that it was handled? I feel like there were a lot of holes within that plot and I didn’t really understand it?

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This wasn’t a bad book by any means — it just wasn’t my cup of tea!

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I am curious about the other Goode brothers’ stories and am excited to read their books! ♡
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