Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

45 reviews

witcheep's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

1.5

His lips drop to the spot on my neck that's already marked and bruised. "Because why talk about being possessive when I can show you instead?"

It's scary how much excessive possessiveness and abuse of power and money is romantisized in this book. The MMC Rowan is a walking red flag who doesn't care about anyone but himself – and maybe his closest family –  and is comfortable with using any means necessary to get what he wants. Rowan doesn't even consider the impact his actions have on others unless he has something

*cough* someone *cough*

to lose if he doesn't. 🚩🚩🚩

The FMC and love interest Zahra is represented as the "relatable" good girl with a humble background and altruistic sunshiney nature. She resists an idea of any involvement with Rowan because he is her boss,

but after a short while gives the resistance up because Rowan implies she should

. However, Zahra's character fails to be lovable in her overflowing altruistic righteousness that is forgotten as soon as

Rowan comes around to hijack her into the luxurious lifestyle a billionaire can provide on a whim

. Zahra is willing to let go almost all of her agency for

Rowan's love

. That kind of unbalanced power dynamic just makes things very dangerous, and not in a good way.

"Now that I have you, I'll never let you go." [--]
     "I don't want you to."
     "It's cute that you think you have a choice."

Even though this is fiction, I could not let the possessiveness, the abuse of power and money, and unbalanced relationship dynamic pass; I felt uncomfortable throughout a big portion of reading this book. Luckily I read other books in this series (and a few other Asher's series) first, and can safely say that things get better. This might be the only one of Asher's books that I actually dislike.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

reminiscences's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

janacc's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• 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? Yes

3.0

vàries coses

• love sunshine Zahra
• superiority complex.. not for me
• el plot de mentides m'estressa
  per sort acaba "aviat"
• cute la versió soft d'en Rowan
• fan del banter
• representació del síndrome Down molt ben feta. Amb un gran personatge rodó amb importància al plot i ben desenvolupat, cosa poc comuna en molts llibres de ficció 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship

andysanzz_'s review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

neffypants's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

 this big presentaiton on how he planned to renovate the park and be more inclusive for people with disabilites (we love to see it. hell yea) 

Will I read the other two books? Absolutely

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Classism

epilogue: cut to a three year timeskip, they're unveiling the new ride at the park. They're married and not only are they married, but she's pregnant.

emmieanna's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted reflective medium-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

3.25

3.25✨

I don’t know how to feel about this one. I think I liked the story and wanted the characters to end up together but also he is the worst kind of person. I guess that is the point but she literally did not do one thing wrong to him the whole time and he was a liar and manipulator who couldn’t admit his feelings even to himself.

That being said, I will be continuing the series because I want to see Declan eat his words and be humbled by Iris because I know that they are supposed to end up together.

Also, I love the representation of differently ambled people in this book. Anni is the best character and you can’t tell me otherwise,

plus they incorporated a positive action scheme into the park

Love love love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism

edietz22's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

I really liked this book! It is about two people who work at Dreamland aka a knock off of Disney. There is a family secret involving billions of dollars at stake. I really enjoyed the fact that her sister had a disability. I think that people with disabilities aren’t mentioned enough in popular books so it came as a nice surprise, especially at the end when he proposed that Dreamlands character costumes include prosthetics, wheelchairs, and other types of disabilities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

readbykatherine's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, and Classism