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lenaricharz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Homophobia
gina10's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship
hlm24's review against another edition
0.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Toxic friendship
alexiconic's review against another edition
- 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 missed what attracted dylan and addie to each other beyond physical attraction and memories of a good summer - and it does not help that their flaws get a bit more screentime than their qualities. but accepting that they are in love and want to be together, i appreciate the exploration of a "right person, wrong time" relationship. dylan and addie were both very young and insecure in their past timeline, and i like how beth o'leary elaborated on that and the influence of their personal struggles on the couple's dynamic.
i personally like that this was not an easy-breezy rom-com and was rougher around the edges, it was just light enough for me.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism
0live_tr33's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, and Toxic friendship
idesofmarch's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexual assault
Moderate: Toxic friendship
Minor: Stalking
abimyers_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
2 🌶️
The Road Trip follows a group of people travelling to a wedding together after their cars crash. In one car is Addie and Deb who are sisters and Rodney a random person needing a lift and the other car happens to be Dylan Addie's ex and his best friend Marcus.
Duel perspective following Addie's and Dylan's relationship at the beginning and being forced together in a car.
Graphic: Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Stalking
Minor: Car accident
jg34's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Things that annoyed me (maybe sort of spoilers???)
-Marcus obviously
-Jumping forward and backward in time only getting tiny bits of the story until the very end
-Friend group reminded me of magnolia parks (a book I did not finish bc I couldn’t stand the toxic friendships)
-The overall fact that Dylan never stood up for Addie and couldn’t see Marcus blatantly trying to break them up
The fact that all of this comes together and gets resolved quite well at the end proves to me it was all worth it and it was all calculated on the authors part but I was truly about to go crazy at times. So enjoyment level.. 2/5 but everything else 5/5??? I guess I went into this hoping for a lighthearted rom com but that is not what I got
Graphic: Addiction and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
ineedsomemoretea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
itsbumley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail