embee09'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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Violence, and Pregnancy
hannibanani29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent, Blood, and Homophobia
gabichatslit's review against another edition
5.0
Stassie and Nate are so personal to me and I love them so much. I wasn’t sure how much I was going to enjoy this bc of how hyped this book was on TikTok and that can go either way. But this one was truly amazing.
Also Kiss Me by Sixpence being their song was just too cute and I’ll associate that song with them now. Also also, I’m glad Nate got his lick back with Aaron— I know Henry was proud of him when he found out lol.
Also x3, I really enjoyed the spice scenes. Stas’ teasing nature in her and Nate’s dynamic was my favorite, and Nate always gave as good as he got. Both in and outside the bedroom. Which was another thing I loved about the main characters— they felt equally coupled, like it made sense they would be together.
And critiques of Stas being “mean” fell flat for me, she wasn’t a mean girl, she’s a woman with a lot on her plate, dealing with college shit and falling in love fast, her responses felt understandable.
Moderate: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
michaelahoyman'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Cursing
Minor: Violence
A definite read! I absolutely loved every minute of itelevatorbooks's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Violence and Vomit
Minor: Sexual harassment
julkatten's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
2.5
Gut um der realen Welt zu entkommen.
Allerdings wurde es etwas lahm ab der Hälfte, der Anfang war ganz ok.
Alles in allen - Müsst ihr wissen.
Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Vomit
demy_summer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, and Violence
ricelatte's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
it was smutty and silly in the first half. and I genuinely love a quick, fun, and easy read!
but the second half was really hard for me to read (plot felt very scattered/borderline non-existent, there was a lot of decisions made that were quickly reneged, I did not like the epilogue at all because it felt way too soon for her to have sidelined her professional aspirations [maybe if the time skip had been farther in the future?]).
that list is non-conclusive, and I came close to DNF'ing this book several times, but I hate DNF'ing books and I held out hope that I would enjoy it liked I enjoyed the first half but it just did not happen. if you're thinking about DNF'ing, trust your gut!!
Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Violence
dfbballinger'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Eating disorder
Minor: Sexual assault
chekwube's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Toxic friendship
Moderate: Violence and Eating disorder