Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Binding 13 - Alternative Cover by Chloe Walsh

20 reviews

graceev's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lunahale's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

it took me a bit to get used to the writing style but MAN did i fly through this. and that cliffhanger???? do not joke with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Infidelity and Miscarriage

cait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

briochebun's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

3 out of 5 ☆’s.

“In a way, my childhood was robbed from me because of my ability to play rugby.”

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Goodness gracious that book was incredibly long for a contemporary romance novel (and it seems as though the rest of the series is even longer). 😮‍💨

I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions while reading this story - so I will go ahead and start off with the things that I enjoyed while reading: 

The side characters were interesting! I am curious about Joey + Aoife + Gibsie + Claire + Patrick and hope to learn more about them at some point in the future (when I get around to reading the rest of the series)! :)

I liked that Johnny & Shannon were kind to one another (most of the time at least). I went into this book blind and wasn’t sure what to expect but seeing him protect the “new girl” was refreshing!

I loved the songs that were mentioned throughout the book!

Now — onto the things that I wasn’t the biggest fan of:

Towards the middle point of the book / right up until the field trip chapter it felt as though I was rereading the same chapter over and over again because some things were soo repetitive. This book could’ve been shorter if some unnecessary / repetitive material would’ve been cut.

I also wish that this book had more male “villain” characters. Ronan was present at the beginning of the book, but then seemingly faded off into obscurity & it felt as though 95% of the female characters discussed in this book disliked Shannon because they were “jealous” of her (because she was soo different from all of them & all of their boyfriends wanted her) which…is something that I just wasn’t a fan of?

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I’m curious to see how the series progresses! ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood and Sexual harassment

rosereadsalot's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

jairehrn_'s review against another edition

Sigh. 😪

I honestly liked the flow of this book, and i like the characters. But i just cannot push through with the age gap. Sure, she’s 16 for half of the book, but damn he had thoughts of wanting to fuck her knowing damn well she’s 15!  as a 15 year old, this is very  uncomfortable to read. And she was literally described almost as a child!!! 5 flat who is skinny and really small????? And he’s  gigantic???? Literally no. 😭

I also don’t like how the men are so misogynistic going around calling women “whores”. And that one school staff getting with teenage boys? Hell nah. 

I really wanted to finish this book because some parts are intriguing (was looking forward to how things will end with Shannon and her family), but I can’t put up with it anymore. I have already put myself in enough discomfort by reading half of the book.

I also can’t believe that only a few people mentioned those problems ^^ I expected so much,  really disappointing and sad tbh. 🥲

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, and Abandonment

francess_m's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Outing

bananapie123's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia