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charlotteay's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
siobtinni's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
tdc27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
michellebub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I don’t read dark romance or whatever genre this fits in.
So I guess this will be full of spoilers.(this might be more of a summary)
The book begins with Sloan being raped in her sleep. She woke up because of the thrusts and then started to moan and put her legs around him, so it would get over faster. Asa, the antagonist, and her boyfriend does this daily. They only discuss this like 90% into the book and Finally say that it is rape and that she actually does not want it. Sloan is a sorry excuse of an fmc, we actually don’t get any descriptions of any character, so we don’t know how she looks. All I know is that she is supposed to be this sweet, innocent, naive girl who accidentally got involved with a drug dealer who manages the biggest drug ring on campus.
AND the poor, poor (literally) girl also had a shitty childhood. She had two twin brothers who both had disabilities due to their mother being a drug addict and not being able to stop during the pregnancy. Needless to say, their mom was a deadbeat who was barely there and never truly took care of the boys even though they needed it. As a result, Sloan has to take care of her brothers.
Now on to Asa. Much like Sloan, he also had a traumatic childhood. His father was a diagnosed paranoid-schizophrenic who refused to take his medication. Throughout the book we get many insights on how this actually affected Asa. His father used to tell him that all women were whores, especially Asa’s mother. He also said that women only cry as a form of manipulation and that he should learn early that tears mean nothing. We also get to see how his mental illness impacted him.
Now to the actual complains and well, Carter/luke.
Luke is supposed to be a FBI- agent who is working undercover to gather information on Asa. But sadly he is terrible at his job. He falls in love with the girlfriend of his subject, Asa. Truly stupid, how can you fuck up this much, like anyone except for him would’ve been better. No professionalism, whatsoever.
I wish I could say more about Carter but honestly we don’t get to know him. His only charm seems to be that he is not Asa, he is a good guy. Even though Sloan got to know him as just another drug dealer who is working for Asa, but he didn’t act like the others. He cared for her, he wants her to be safe, without Asa, because he knows he is dangerous, he wants her out of this mess, ultimately he protects her. He is so to say everything she needs at that time. Of course she falls Inlove with him, she’s never been treated better.
Literally, she never got treated better
HE SENT HER FAKE LETTERS FROM THE FACILITY TELLING HER THAT THE GOVERNMENT PAY WAS NO LONGER HAPPENING, ALL FOR HER TO GET BACK WITH HIM.
So, in short, he is obsessed with her, he needs to be the only one to have ever touched her, or well been in her. He is downright delusional, probably because he inherited the mental illness from his dad. But when I say obsessed I mean he would kill for her if anyone touched or looked at her the wrong way, well if he noticed. So when he got suspicious about Sloan and Carter he got mad, both the cuckoo and angry meaning. The irony in this is that he frequently cheats on her. But that is different of course, because for men it is purely physical, for women though it is emotional, which means actual cheating.
When I found out this book was written and published on wattpad, It all started to make sense. The dense characters, every chapter being made for shock value, and the excessive sex content. Honestly I shouldn’t be surprised about the last one. Colleen Hoover does not know how to write a book with out unnecessary sex scenes, she even had them in her thriller “verity”. I don’t know why I keep reading her books, I thought that maybe she might be better or at least different when trying new genres, but it wasn’t. This was worse than verity. While reading this, I just thought to myself “ I should dnf this, I cannot believe I am doing this to myself. AND WHY IS EVERY CHARACTER SO FUCKING STUPID, at least Asa was interesting, his delusions seemed entertaining. But at least I now can say with 100% certainty that this is the last Colleen Hoover book I’ll ever read.
But if you decide to read this good luck.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse
Minor: Pregnancy
_cal_'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? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
scarletegn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
meganhart92's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder
k_elliott's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Vomit, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Child abuse, Car accident, and Abortion
dw1991's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
annaroles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail