Reviews tagging Body shaming

The Spanish Love Deception, by Elena Armas

29 reviews

katherine20's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Misogyny, Grief, and Sexism

cassie12_21's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.25

Cute but why did it take half the book to get to Spain? 🌶️🌶️/5.

Spoiler

smut doesn’t happen until about 80% through 😢

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Violence, and Death of parent

megcarrick's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

roadesntoades's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of the cutest romances I have read in a long time and does not deserve any of the hate it’s given. This is a book that doesn’t shy away from being a bit cliche. I mean it literally lays out the tropes on the back. It’s fake-dating, enemies to lovers, one bed. It doesn’t shy away from that it embraces it. Yeah there are some moments that are bit rinse and repeat but they are enjoyable. Plus I love that it’s made clear that Aaron has always been attracted to Catalina, or at least liked her. It wasn’t some sudden romance, or spontaneous declaration. We know how it will end and we know that Aaron wasn’t hiding it, just respecting Catalina’s boundaries. It’s honestly such a cute read, and really enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Body shaming, Cancer, Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder

hanz's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is at times a fun cheesy romance (and I had fun overall), but it had some issues to me that were never fully addressed. Being single means Catalina is "broken" is repeated throughout the book and it is resolved by

Spoiler

Catalina being happy now that she has a boyfriend.

To me, this is extremely damaging and not healthy, but perhaps I'm reading too much into a cheesy romance that isn't trying to make any grand points about society and relationships. Also didn't like how disordered eating was handled personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Bullying, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

simplyammee's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Eating disorder and Body shaming

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book reminds me a lot of The Hating Game! It’s actually a lot of tropes put together and I loved every second of it. Work enemies to lovers, bachelor to bid on, fake wedding date, one hotel bed, fake relationship, revenge date, this book has it all 😂. I really love back and forth tension but even I was dying by the time they finally got it together! It took a while but was satisfying as a romance novel and I enjoyed living in their world for a while. It was a wonderful distraction. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

thebebss's review against another edition

Too boring. Hate the MC. Hate the language used. Hate how long the book is. Hate how there is no chemistry and that I am not rooting for them to be together.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Body shaming

kaldtaz's review against another edition

2.0

The tension was great, everything else was annoying. Definitely could have used 90% fewer mentions of the color of Aarons eyes. But the worst part for me

Spoiler

was how Aaron never properly apologized for badmouthing Lina to their boss. It was such an overly agonized point at the beginning, and honestly very upsetting, so I was expecting him to own his actions there. As annoying as Lina was, she deserved better than that.

Beyond other plot grievances, the writing wasn’t for me. Still curious how the same chest can be „warm and wide and snuggly“ and „a marble sculpture, unyielding and hardened.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexism

arshiyaaa28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming and Alcohol