Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

4 reviews

bloomingbookworm's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Unfortunately I did not enjoy this book. I found it very slow, didn’t like any of the characters and hated all of the pop culture references (way too many and felt forced and “trendy”). I also hated the

cheating plot lines

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Classism

l6zarras's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

brielowrey's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book could have been good. The story was a good idea. 
I only liked one of the characters, maybe two. Most were not lovable nor relatable. All were selfish.
The end was rushed and felt unfinished. 
There was a random narrator at the very beginning and randomly popped up, and we never find out who it is. Also, the dog has a narrative ?… but only 430~ pages in and once. It didn’t drive the plot or thought process at all.
The whiplash from the back and forth between the present and past! It was almost hard to keep up with. Tried too hard to have a weaving dynamic of characters.
I really wanted to like it but it felt like a superfluous read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Car accident, and Death of parent