Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

48 reviews

acas29's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

laurenlimabean's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

madisongturner's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

A sweet romantic comedy with two people who feel unready for anything serious tumbling into a loving relationship on accident. I love the discussion of hard topics and personal history that they each bring into the relationship, but they each balance each other out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Racism

kerrythefire's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Carlos is just good people. Liked him when we met him in The Wedding Date and loved this story for him. He's a keeper.

Like all of Jasmine Guillory's FMCs, Nik is a really believable, relatable strong professional woman. Her insecurities are there, but not dominating her life... They just get in the way of her romance... Which is what she works through in this book. With Carlos. Who, did I mention, is the best... 😉

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

matildaesandell's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

It’s a very light fluffy read, there’s a lot of plot holes and it is a bit random with what it throws in and the drama started and ended so quickly just wrapping up the book! but I still got through it and looked forward to picking it up whenever I had the chance! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse

tiredfangirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

hunkydory's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

Minor: Racism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, and Death of parent

leonalikesliterature's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

This book was so incredibly boring! I feel like I listened to hours of two people just continuously going out to eat while talking about nothing. There were no stakes and no development. The two leads had no strong personality and no chemistry with each other. The dialogue was very cookie cutter and lacked a natural flow. Even the sex scenes were very bland. Everything in this book felt so scripted and predictable. The ending conflict was a chore to get through.

I felt that the author really wanted to write a diverse and feminist romance, so she forced in a lot of speeches about body-positivity, antiracism and feminism that felt so unnatural and unrealistic. I want all those things in a story, but I want there to be an actual love story with characters that I can root for. Instead, I felt the author was just standing on a soapbox rather than writing about a good story with fun characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad fast-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: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Classism, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Racism, Stalking, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death, Hate crime, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

brandyoak311's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse