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Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

74 reviews

courteez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It really dug into the nitty-gritty aspects of high school, the need to fit in and the horrid expectations we set on each other and on ourselves. I liked that Ryen wasn’t some loveable, innocent female character that most books will proceed with as most people aren’t angels we perceive them to be. I also approved of the way Misha was written, his personality truly shown through the book words making it easy to picture the person he is. The same with Ryen and being able to see her in both her ‘façade’ and the true person she is.

I’ll admit it’s a little slow at the start, and some things said are a little vulgar but it does pull you in.

The absolute revelation at the end that we find out absolutely stunned me.

This book made me emotions go from curiosity, happiness, sadness to angry in many ways.. I connected with the words written on the page and that’s what I truly love when it comes to reading. If I can’t connect to the words written, then what’s the purpose?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

elsa_clare's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

kajasversion's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.0

The characters are so unlikable and it genuinely felt like torture to read through all that smut. It ruined the whole book cuz of the circumstances surrounding it. Misha is so so toxic and i genuinely can’t see how she forgave him. He was a jerk for no good reason… it was justifiable but only if he would ignore her not the lengths that he went to. This book is equivalent to a shitty wattpad fanfic. I will give this book away. There’s no way I’m gonna own this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Grief

ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Stalking, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

luelle_'s review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Blood, and Classism

clarissa_lily's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

 Sigh, where to begin. There's a fair bit about this book I really didn't enjoy, so I'll start with the positive: I finished it. Despite my gripes, it had me invested enough to take the time to finish it (albeit after a heavily considered DNF).

What I didn't like? First off, can we stop romanticising abusive behaviour? It's not romantic, it's not something desirable, and I'm so sick of it being the norm in romance novels.
Related to this, I was genuinely rooting for the FMC to get as far away from the MMC as possible. He's entitled, misogynistic, hypocritical and straight up a narcissist. But alas, despite the breaking and entry and assault the book starts with she's in love with him by the end soooo.

Honestly, I'd avoid this book. There's better dark romance out there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

madison_sammons20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Violence

_youfloweryoufeast_'s review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

3.75 ⭐️

Genre: Dark Romance

Age group : Adult

POV : First person / dual POV

Characters: 3/5 ⭐️

Plot: 3.5/5 ⭐️

Setting/Themes: 4/5 ⭐️

Writing: 2/5 ⭐️

Spice : 4.5 ⭐️

• Please check TWs & CWs

• mature language, sexual scenes, sexual harassment, sexual assault, death, loss of a loved one, mental illness, substance abuse, violence, neglectful parents 

• HS Romance

• Tropes : Miscommunication, Revenge, Enemies to lovers

• HEA

“Fifty-seven days to not need you
Fifty-seven times to give up on you
Fifty-seven steps away from you,
Fifty-seven nights of nothing but you.”

I went into reading Punk 57 with very low expectations, considering the horrible and problematic views on a non-dark romance book. But I actually quite liked it, maybe it’s because the standard I set was so low, idk. We’ll see. Let’s unpack. 

Ryen. I actually kind of understood this girl. The superficial bully bitch armour to protect the lone outcast child. It makes sense. And I think the drama and the super cliche incidents fit the high school vibe. Honestly, I didn’t particularly love Ryen but I definitely don’t hate her. I get it, is all. 

Misha. I like Misha. Maybe I’m biased Cs he’s a Grayson. (I love my Devil’s Night boys, ok) Misha isn’t all that great but he’s superficially attractive so that’s cool. 

I honestly wished there was more complexity to the characters but then I remind myself it’s set in high school. Giving these teens the benefit of the doubt. And just to remind everyone, there was no sexual content involving minors. Misha and Ryen were both 18. (Pretty Damn young but you get the gist of it) 

Ok that’s it from me. Was it a great book? No. Was the smut good? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really like the lesson this book teaches about how not to treat other people in the world. I think so often we don’t realize how much influence the popular kids in school have on kids, even at an early age. We forget what it’s like to be a teenager and feel embarrassed because we’re different, but this book reminded me of those feelings, which were a little hard to revisit. There are also some trigger warnings, particularly related to sexual violence. Finally, some people don’t like this book because the characters have sex and they’re teenagers but all the sex that is described is between 18 year old characters, which is technically between adults. Additionally, I don’t know that I’m terribly put off by sex between teenagers because I know that’s real-life. There were some things I thought were repetitive in the book and some inconsistencies in the plot line. Also, I really wondered why Misha always had a condom at the ready, no matter what he was doing. That was weird. But all in all, I enjoyed reading this book and will read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment