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contemporarymeepsie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The Catch is Ryan Wilson. He's a real catch, having all the hallmarks of being the best boyfriend that Abbie could ever wish for, but her dad Ed doesn't think so. From their first meeting he gets a feeling there's a catch to this perfect man.
Do you get it? Do you get the double entendre? If I could write a sentence that encapsulated me rolling my eyes then I would. Instead you'll just have to infer my heavy eye rolling whilst reading this review. I hated this book, as evidenced by the low score. I hated this book so much that by page 100 I wanted to stop reading but I didn't DNF as I have a goal this year to read every book club book and - you guessed it - this was a book club book. By the time I got to page 208 (51%) I decided if I had any hope of finishing this book then I had to swap to reading it in a different way, so I downloaded the audiobook and bombed through the last 6 hours in one day just so I could get through it.
Now for the actual review. This book was predictable, repetitive, lacked any sense of tension, repetitive, boring, had unlikeable characters, repetitive, unrealistic regarding wedding planning and oh did I mention it was repetitive? The first entire section had 40 chapters of Ed starting a chapter with being suspicious of Ryan, then halfway through he'd say 'hmm maybe I'm wrong?' And then by the end of the chapter he'd double down in his suspicions. Some were warranted whilst others were. Regardless every chapter followed this pattern and it was so boring to read. Eventually when something did finally happen, it was predictable and uninspired. I had been hoping it would flip what was happening and it would turn out
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer
sandysmith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury
halftimelord's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The book did get better for me in the second half
Not a book I'd normally choose so maybe I'm not the target audience, but I won't be picking up anything else from this author.
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Murder and Fire/Fire injury
lolasherwin's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Murder
katies_bookcase's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
lia_r18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
beca125's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder
suziesbookshelf's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts