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Undone by the Ex-Con by Talia Hibbert

7 reviews

lags2much's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Outing

Minor: Drug use and Violence

peachmoni's review against another edition

hopeful tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Racism, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

a_manning11's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Outing

Medical content refers to descriptions of living with Type 1 diabetes. It's handled very well and is relevant to the story.

jzthecatlady's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! I love Talia Hibbert's stuff, and I especially enjoyed the ballet references in this one. My only issue was the epilogue. I feel like she tacks them on to all her books, which is fine, but this one wrapped things up a little too neat and tidy. Sometimes a book can just end without us getting their whole life story. But that's an incredibly minor issue. Otherwise I thought this was a fun read with the right amount of spice.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Outing, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.75

I found the plot to be much stronger and more interesting than Bad for the Boss, but I still found the book to be weak overall. Lizzie and Isaac were flat characters with limited personality characteristics outside of their stereotypes of cool,powerful ballerina and rough, hardened ex-con. As well, I don't enjoy the weird power dynamic between Lizzie and Isaac that seems to be consistently at play throughout the book (such as Isaac being obsessed with Lizzie looking down on him).

Hibbert is such a talented writer, so this book still gets 2.75 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 - I've been working my way through Talia Hibbert's backlist with #LoveAndBiscuitsRead. Hibbert has always been a master of the sharp heroine, and Lizzie is no exception. I will say, however, Hibbert has gotten much better at building a believable relationship as her writing career has progressed. This book was a little too much insta-love for me - a lot of "I know you, you aren't like this" conversations when they've barely spoken to each other.
- I can't speak to how realistic the portrayal of life with diabetes is, but much of this book is about Lizzie overcoming her internalized ableism in regards to her diagnosis - something you don't see much in books, let alone romance novels.
- Also, Hibbert clearly loved a high stakes, high drama plot in her earlier work. Blackmail! Family secrets! Running out of time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Outing

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• 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

3.0

This took me a while to get to for whatever reason. It was fine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Racism

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