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hanjo123's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
This book was one hell of a hilarious ride for me - I laughed at so many points, and the whole setting of the book was beautiful - the narration was captivating.
At times I felt very irritated with the FMC as I couldn't understand why can't obey for once, she had lots of prejudice against men which I found kind of annoying - I mean Ik she is living in an era where women are not allowed to do work or have any freedom but because of that this much of hate for the male group was not needed, also I hated her when she belittled her sister's romance - ok fine you don't understand the concept but why you feel that your sister too shouldn't. Honestly speaking I didn't like the FMC that much - she was brave no doubt there but she was a foolishly brave kinda girl, she thought the whole world is against her and she used that as a weapon to get involved in businesses where she was not supposed to be - Ik she is only 19 but I hope at least in next book she leaves her childish way and doesn't make everything about her - and behave a little mature.
Mr. Ambrose was the star for me, he was a cold, calculative, sharp-edged person - he knew what he wanted and he knew his power and he took advantage of it very well. From the beginning itself, you could see how much of a powerful person he is - hell there are so many unsaid powerful words in his silence itself. Than Lily, I was able to understand Mr. Ambrose more - Lily can't hold her attention to several things at once but Mr. Ambrose is fully prepared for every situation and I love that. I hope we can see more of his POV in the next book as I enjoyed his coz it was straight to the point and nothing confusing while Lily's thoughts were messed up in every situation.
This one was a fast-paced read - but it had so many pages which were not necessary as I feel many subplots were useless as compared to the main theme of the book but I can't complain can I coz it was a Wattpad story right and these much of long pages are kind of understandable.
At times I felt very irritated with the FMC as I couldn't understand why can't obey for once, she had lots of prejudice against men which I found kind of annoying - I mean Ik she is living in an era where women are not allowed to do work or have any freedom but because of that this much of hate for the male group was not needed, also I hated her when she belittled her sister's romance - ok fine you don't understand the concept but why you feel that your sister too shouldn't. Honestly speaking I didn't like the FMC that much - she was brave no doubt there but she was a foolishly brave kinda girl, she thought the whole world is against her and she used that as a weapon to get involved in businesses where she was not supposed to be - Ik she is only 19 but I hope at least in next book she leaves her childish way and doesn't make everything about her - and behave a little mature.
Mr. Ambrose was the star for me, he was a cold, calculative, sharp-edged person - he knew what he wanted and he knew his power and he took advantage of it very well. From the beginning itself, you could see how much of a powerful person he is - hell there are so many unsaid powerful words in his silence itself. Than Lily, I was able to understand Mr. Ambrose more - Lily can't hold her attention to several things at once but Mr. Ambrose is fully prepared for every situation and I love that. I hope we can see more of his POV in the next book as I enjoyed his coz it was straight to the point and nothing confusing while Lily's thoughts were messed up in every situation.
This one was a fast-paced read - but it had so many pages which were not necessary as I feel many subplots were useless as compared to the main theme of the book but I can't complain can I coz it was a Wattpad story right and these much of long pages are kind of understandable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, and Misogyny
Minor: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Death of parent
erovelo's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming and Gun violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation
penofpossibilities's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-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? Yes
3.0
This was... a ride. It honestly feels like this book has physically entered my dna and changed my entire brain structure, so if this review seems a bit chaotic it's all thanks to my dear friend who forced me to read this book that has slowly taken away all my braincells. buckle up for the weirdest review ever, since i have absolutely no clue myself where this is going and there is going to be alot of question marks and key smashes because that is what this book made me feel - ok lets go? im not ready hahahahah
I struggled with rating this bad b*tch; based purely on enjoyment this would be a 4/5 but objectively speaking , it's trAsH (as im sure you know if you've read this). This is the kind of story that i love to hate-read; just letting go of sanity and going along for whatever the flipflop the plot has in store for you and OH MY HOLY WHAT? THE F WAS THAT HAAHAHAH??? *confused laughter*
Let's start with the characters shall we. I actually rated all of them seperatly (on a scale of 10) : Lilly, our protagonist, has her moments. She shares a single braincell with Mr Ambrose but more often the braincell resides with her. She should get drunk more, and really tune into her homocidal tendencies. She really couldn't hold up on her own though, so I'm giving her a solid 6 for being someone to yell at.
Mr Ambrose really put me on a rollercoaster- hating him and liking him and laughing at him for being pathetic alternated in a rapid pace. Overall, he is very much like Lilly, but worse (HAHA) because he is a misogynistic piece of crap acting opressed for not being allowed more colonies with slaves to work for him and he is literally a rich white dude ? ew, but he gets 4 points for entertaining me.
Lillys sister Ella is the worst, she constantly upsets the man she is supposedly in love with and is basically super mean? i dont like it, but she is also entertaining so 5/10.
Edmund is a real g, he get's a 10 of course. Love how he is a decent person (yes the bar is low) and apologises for his mistakes.
Karim is a literal slave (no don't argue with me) and i don't like how he is written :D (*sarcastic thumbs up*) but it's hardly his fault. All though he is a fictional character so nothing is or isn't his fault. All I'm trying to say is that this author wrote some racist stereotypes and we don't let that slide so he get's a 3 also because he is sexist and i don't really like his vibes.
moving on we got Lord uhhh whatever mister evil guy with the difficult name,, i am too lazy to look it up so we will refer to him as mr evil. he get's a 1 for being an uninspired cliche villain without any depth and he is bOring.
Captain tiger waistcoat only appeared for one chapter but i liked him so 8/10 to perk up this overall rating!
I also rated Lillys friends together. I liked evy (evi? idk but the shy one) even though she has like 3 lines in the entire book but yeah whenever she opened her mouth straight facts came out and i want her to serve the tea more often because she seems to have actual braincells. The other two friends are very dramatic but supportive, i approve, the friends get a 7 ( not rated higher bcs they're underdeveloped and barely make an appearance).
As for the plot.... *manical laughter* oh boy.... the pacing was rEALLY off. It started of very boring and slow, and had moments like these occasionally througouth the story. Alot of stuff could have been cut out to make for a better 'flow' (for lack of a better word- pls i have nothing left in my brain ok) but then some of the chapters were fast-paced action packed scenes piled on top of each other. Honestly I'm not complaining about the latter because it was very enjoyable.
As for consistent plot or arc? there is none to speak of, let alone the fact that none of what happened makes any sense? plotholes much smndfmsjfdk but it's okay because we got DRUNK SCENE. drunk scene was my favourite thing about this entire experience and it is extra fun to read when it's past midnight i highly recommend lmaoo
hmmmm *looks at notes* ah yes the romance! Both Lilly and Ambrose gave me strOng lgbt+ vibes ngl... but they were also homophobic :') so at this point im like yk what you deserve each other or just bang or whatever because the TENSION was there even though i don't fully accept it since i think lilly should be queer... i mean, the POWER she could hold if she was aro ?? honestly it is still possible bcs she could be sexually but not romantically attracted to mr ambrose but knowing what we know of this series that is never gonna happen (sed). anyway it's clear that they aren't a healthy toxic free pair but i would be lying if i said i wasn't into it (I AM LOOKING DIRECTLY AT IT MSFKJDSMF) so uhhhhh yeah i am not exactly complaining but then i really am so it's complicated ok....
LAST BUT NOT LEAST i would like to mention that this book is very racist and has alot of problematic stereotypes in it. This can't be excused by the fact that it's HisTOriCaL FiCtioN >:(
if you for some unphantomable reason are thinking of picking this book up after this dumpster fire of a review you just read with your very own eyeballs i- i just think you should be aware of this and check out the trigger warnings!
overall??? am i gonna pick up the second book??? uhhhhH YES i am (*nervously glances away*)
i am addicted and you should all pray for my soul. I don't know why im doing this to myself, but i definitly am and im STOKED. how dare this book end on a cliffhanger that makes me have an emotion towards the characters??? i am infuriated but also props to this author for having the courage to write whatever this was. it was a TIME . my life has been forever altered. PEACE OUT IM GONNA START BOOK 2 NOW msdkjsdmf
I struggled with rating this bad b*tch; based purely on enjoyment this would be a 4/5 but objectively speaking , it's trAsH (as im sure you know if you've read this). This is the kind of story that i love to hate-read; just letting go of sanity and going along for whatever the flipflop the plot has in store for you and OH MY HOLY WHAT? THE F WAS THAT HAAHAHAH??? *confused laughter*
Let's start with the characters shall we. I actually rated all of them seperatly (on a scale of 10) : Lilly, our protagonist, has her moments. She shares a single braincell with Mr Ambrose but more often the braincell resides with her. She should get drunk more, and really tune into her homocidal tendencies. She really couldn't hold up on her own though, so I'm giving her a solid 6 for being someone to yell at.
Mr Ambrose really put me on a rollercoaster- hating him and liking him and laughing at him for being pathetic alternated in a rapid pace. Overall, he is very much like Lilly, but worse (HAHA) because he is a misogynistic piece of crap acting opressed for not being allowed more colonies with slaves to work for him and he is literally a rich white dude ? ew, but he gets 4 points for entertaining me.
Lillys sister Ella is the worst, she constantly upsets the man she is supposedly in love with and is basically super mean? i dont like it, but she is also entertaining so 5/10.
Edmund is a real g, he get's a 10 of course. Love how he is a decent person (yes the bar is low) and apologises for his mistakes.
Karim is a literal slave (no don't argue with me) and i don't like how he is written :D (*sarcastic thumbs up*) but it's hardly his fault. All though he is a fictional character so nothing is or isn't his fault. All I'm trying to say is that this author wrote some racist stereotypes and we don't let that slide so he get's a 3 also because he is sexist and i don't really like his vibes.
moving on we got Lord uhhh whatever mister evil guy with the difficult name,, i am too lazy to look it up so we will refer to him as mr evil. he get's a 1 for being an uninspired cliche villain without any depth and he is bOring.
Captain tiger waistcoat only appeared for one chapter but i liked him so 8/10 to perk up this overall rating!
I also rated Lillys friends together. I liked evy (evi? idk but the shy one) even though she has like 3 lines in the entire book but yeah whenever she opened her mouth straight facts came out and i want her to serve the tea more often because she seems to have actual braincells. The other two friends are very dramatic but supportive, i approve, the friends get a 7 ( not rated higher bcs they're underdeveloped and barely make an appearance).
As for the plot.... *manical laughter* oh boy.... the pacing was rEALLY off. It started of very boring and slow, and had moments like these occasionally througouth the story. Alot of stuff could have been cut out to make for a better 'flow' (for lack of a better word- pls i have nothing left in my brain ok) but then some of the chapters were fast-paced action packed scenes piled on top of each other. Honestly I'm not complaining about the latter because it was very enjoyable.
As for consistent plot or arc? there is none to speak of, let alone the fact that none of what happened makes any sense? plotholes much smndfmsjfdk but it's okay because we got DRUNK SCENE. drunk scene was my favourite thing about this entire experience and it is extra fun to read when it's past midnight i highly recommend lmaoo
hmmmm *looks at notes* ah yes the romance! Both Lilly and Ambrose gave me strOng lgbt+ vibes ngl... but they were also homophobic :') so at this point im like yk what you deserve each other or just bang or whatever because the TENSION was there even though i don't fully accept it since i think lilly should be queer... i mean, the POWER she could hold if she was aro ?? honestly it is still possible bcs she could be sexually but not romantically attracted to mr ambrose but knowing what we know of this series that is never gonna happen (sed). anyway it's clear that they aren't a healthy toxic free pair but i would be lying if i said i wasn't into it (I AM LOOKING DIRECTLY AT IT MSFKJDSMF) so uhhhhh yeah i am not exactly complaining but then i really am so it's complicated ok....
LAST BUT NOT LEAST i would like to mention that this book is very racist and has alot of problematic stereotypes in it. This can't be excused by the fact that it's HisTOriCaL FiCtioN >:(
if you for some unphantomable reason are thinking of picking this book up after this dumpster fire of a review you just read with your very own eyeballs i- i just think you should be aware of this and check out the trigger warnings!
overall??? am i gonna pick up the second book??? uhhhhH YES i am (*nervously glances away*)
i am addicted and you should all pray for my soul. I don't know why im doing this to myself, but i definitly am and im STOKED. how dare this book end on a cliffhanger that makes me have an emotion towards the characters??? i am infuriated but also props to this author for having the courage to write whatever this was. it was a TIME . my life has been forever altered. PEACE OUT IM GONNA START BOOK 2 NOW msdkjsdmf
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Homophobia
Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Murder
abuse of power, purposful misgendering, ableist slurs, bigotry