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csbartunek's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent
vodkaalmelone's review against another edition
challenging
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Obviously one star. I can't put it for some reason, but one star. If I could, i'd put zero.
Possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. I think this might actually be worse than It ends with us, and that is saying a lot. A torture to read. And I'm sad and disappointed to say this.
Everything feels off, nonsensical, weird.. Just wrong. Starting off with plot itself, and my god.. the characters..
Daphne was incredibly weird, totally a flat character, absolutely lacking determination and self-respect. Hook was the absolute worst, everything he said felt predatory, creepy, vomiting.. And the accent was exaggerated so much that it felt cartoonish and childish. But Peter Pan was (unbelievably) even worse. It made this book truly nauseating for me because he has the mind of a child, and he talks like one, and is extremely sexualized. Who approved this? I thought it was going to a be a sweet, dreamy novel (maybe with a touch of toxicity and drama in BJ style) but this was entirely TOO MUCH. It felt like a poorly written dark romance, with the worst tropes and most disgusting plot twists (wtf was that??).
Listen, it might just be me, but at a certain point it became too much to read, as in if I had known that I would have avoided reading it. Stuff like ''You are mine'', ''we aren't finished till I say we are'', there are a lot of toxic phrases like that, purity culture and virginity, characters turning physically violent.. triggered me. But then again, maybe I'm too sensitive to these things, idk.
At a certain point I stopped reading the footnotes because first of all most of them literally add nothing to what is being said, and secondly they reminded me of Daisy and I'm in total desbelief this book was written by the same author.
Also, it's littered with racist things. There are hints at political correctness at points, and colonial history and then SBAM we get stuff like ''brownies'', dirty skin, Benghazi.. How can someone miss these things? Stuff like this MATTERS. It all felt like a sick joke, ''brownies''? Really??
I'm in total disbelief, I agree with every other review that has been posted here, I'm glad I read them because I thought the problem was me.
I just want to forget I read this book.
Possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. I think this might actually be worse than It ends with us, and that is saying a lot. A torture to read. And I'm sad and disappointed to say this.
Everything feels off, nonsensical, weird.. Just wrong. Starting off with plot itself, and my god.. the characters..
Daphne was incredibly weird, totally a flat character, absolutely lacking determination and self-respect. Hook was the absolute worst, everything he said felt predatory, creepy, vomiting.. And the accent was exaggerated so much that it felt cartoonish and childish. But Peter Pan was (unbelievably) even worse. It made this book truly nauseating for me because he has the mind of a child, and he talks like one, and is extremely sexualized. Who approved this? I thought it was going to a be a sweet, dreamy novel (maybe with a touch of toxicity and drama in BJ style) but this was entirely TOO MUCH. It felt like a poorly written dark romance, with the worst tropes and most disgusting plot twists (wtf was that??).
Listen, it might just be me, but at a certain point it became too much to read, as in if I had known that I would have avoided reading it. Stuff like ''You are mine'', ''we aren't finished till I say we are'', there are a lot of toxic phrases like that, purity culture and virginity, characters turning physically violent.. triggered me. But then again, maybe I'm too sensitive to these things, idk.
At a certain point I stopped reading the footnotes because first of all most of them literally add nothing to what is being said, and secondly they reminded me of Daisy and I'm in total desbelief this book was written by the same author.
Also, it's littered with racist things. There are hints at political correctness at points, and colonial history and then SBAM we get stuff like ''brownies'', dirty skin, Benghazi.. How can someone miss these things? Stuff like this MATTERS. It all felt like a sick joke, ''brownies''? Really??
I'm in total disbelief, I agree with every other review that has been posted here, I'm glad I read them because I thought the problem was me.
I just want to forget I read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting
Minor: Colonisation