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kkraatz's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This book merits a LOT of content warnings and it's not clear why. Taking a light and apparently thoughtless touch to topics like intimate partner abuse, child abuse, and socioeconomic disparities... I just wish there had been a more skillful way of creating historical narratives for these characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming
Minor: Animal cruelty
honeymoosh's review against another edition
2.0
This was hard to rate because I need to shout out loud to people apparently - puppies are not gifts. Animals are not gifts. They are a responsibility that needs to be discussed with both partners. And the fact that she left the puppy in the crate in the garage all day and night and joked when it had an accident was just sickening. Has the author ever even owned an animal? How else would they think this was ok. No matter how much the story was enjoyable, I can’t in good conscience rate it any higher.
Now for the story if I pretend that horrible scene didn’t happen.
This was pretty good. I felt that it dragged on a bit longer than it needed to though. But honestly at the beginning there was no reason for her to go back to him because he was such a dick. Then she was so wish washy about it for so long I started to get annoyed.
This was my second book by this author and it wasn’t as good.
Now for the story if I pretend that horrible scene didn’t happen.
This was pretty good. I felt that it dragged on a bit longer than it needed to though. But honestly at the beginning there was no reason for her to go back to him because he was such a dick. Then she was so wish washy about it for so long I started to get annoyed.
This was my second book by this author and it wasn’t as good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
milovatsi's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Kinda painful. The story would have been better with some changes, like the whole drooling over this man in every chapter. And her guilt over anything and everything. Did not like the MMC. FMC was a doormat.
Don't leave your 8 wk old puppy alone!
Don't leave your 8 wk old puppy alone!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse
Minor: Animal cruelty
Never reading this author again!