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Wrecked by Lauren Asher

12 reviews

kylasmv15's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy

hjb_128's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism and Classism

karlapardo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

Ok this book surprised me. Not my favorite of the series but it was a good book. It had some dark and heavy subjects but I think they were handled in a good way. Mental health was a big thing in this book and I think that Lauren was able to represent chronic anxiety very well. Chronic illness was also a main topic in this book and it surprised me, I didn’t expect this but I think it was a great thing plot wise. I think that it brought good conversations about therapy and medication management. I think that Jax was struggling a lot and it is very clear his development throughout the story. I struggled a bit with connecting with him, he was very annoying at some points but at the end of the day I liked his character, just not in the way I was expecting, and definitely not like Noah, Santiago and Liam. The way he handled some things was questionable and I think that’s why I struggled with his character. Elena was for me the best part of the book. She is such a strong MMC and such a great character overall. She had a very rough childhood and we can see how much she struggled with that but also was able to heal throughout the book. Something I didn’t not like about the book was the stereotypes that were placed in Elena and her family, it just didn’t fit with me and it pissed me off at some times. I do think not everyone would like this book, but there’s not much I could say about it. It’s just a book that you have to read and discover yourself and not based it off only on reviews. I would read it again if I were to read the whole series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Racism

wannabe_lee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Racism, Self harm, and Murder

cielosiluminado's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

this book got me fucked up. literally got emotionally wrecked from the first page to the last. the extended epilogue wrecked me even further. i'm a mess now.

I don’t need a happy ending. I need our ending. The one that might be messy and imperfect, but exclusively ours.

it was almost five stars but some parts felt like it was being dragged too long. that being said, i very much loved reading this book and really want to protect elena and jax from everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Racism

emilyfrenchie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism and Vomit

avery_hutchinson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful relaxing 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? Yes

4.75

I loved this book and how it dealt with the growth of characters along with their romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Alcohol

Minor: Racism

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

My ratings for the rest of the series: Throttled - 5☆, Collided - 4☆, Redeemed - 5☆

I didn't think any of the other books in the series would top Throttled for me but I think this did. I liked both main characters a bit more which surprise me. Elena just feels a little bit more dynamic and flushed out than Maya and we got to see much more character development in Jax than Noah. I still love Maya and Noah though of course. 

I will say it felt a bit predictable to me but since this isn't a mystery or thriller where it's important for plot twists and developments to stay mysterious, I didn't really mind. 

I appreciated the character development of Jax mostly of course but also the character development of Elena. I think it can be hard to show already mature and responsible characters mature further but Elena did.

Overall, I just really enjoyed their dynamic and story. I appreciate how their "ending" deviated from Noah & Maya and Liam & Sophie. They keep their unique dynamic which I appreciate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Racism, and Murder

ariana_m's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

5 million stars!!! This was so good! This book wrecked me lol. I loved every second of reading Jax and Elena's story. This was every and more. Them bonding over their troubles but fighting through them together was so heartwarming and heartbreaking at once. I loved everything about this. It was heavy but so amazing from the dedication to the last page. I loved every side character so much as well especially Caleb. I loved that no one was problematic. Jax and Elena deserve the world <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism