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laurenford's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Grief, and Toxic friendship
hannah_lilli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
mal2001's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
embelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Infidelity
kshertz's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
lomesia'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? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism and Abandonment
keelirae113's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
kottengoesbork's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping and Toxic friendship
melissaslibraryy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
tinkeringcheck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The one thing that stretched my suspension of belief was the bodyguard team's antics. There's a lot of telling us about how great they are, meanwhile what's shown is a lot of... high school level drama. I just wish we'd seen more of what made this team - and our lead by association - capable enough to be hired by a beleaguered celebrity.
All that being said: Do not - do not! - go into this book expecting realistic drama or steamy romance. It's a bantery, feel-good, reverse bodyguard trope that runs on rom-com logic, but (mostly) in the best way.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit and Abandonment
Overall: It's a very light-hearted, hopeful book but it deals with some background heavy topics. In order or prevalence:Death of parent, death, grief: Very beginning of book skims over the main character's mother dying, and the grief from that is a catalyst for the rest of the book. Grief (and hope) is a major theme.
Domestic/Physical abuse: Past, as a memory. A very violent incidence of it and the injuries/aftermath is described by character who was a child at the time.
Stalking: With one lead being a famous actor, there's lots of discussions about stalking in general. Stalking incidents are discussed in detail, though light-heartedly, until
Gun violence, suicide attempt, blood, injury: Someone is shot at and mildy injured.
Toxic Relationship: Heroine has a generally very shitty ex-boyfriend.
Cancer: The male lead's mother is going through cancer treatment. There's mention of having and recovering from surgery, and the characters often briefly visit a hospital. The prognosis
Alcoholism: More than one background character suffers from it.
Car accident, death: Past incident. The accident is described in detail more than once and led to a death by drowning.
Drowning: One almost-incident during the story and one in the past - both described in some detail.
Vomit: One character has a phobia that he often vomits after being exposed to. It's not described in detail.
Abandonment: A character briefly describes a parent leaving them and their other parent abruptly when they were very young.