lunep's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, Addiction, Mental illness, Cursing, Drug use, Cancer, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Racism
Minor: Colonisation, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Stalking, Sexual assault, Classism, Biphobia, Incest, Genocide, and Slavery
jasmineslibraryy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
i thought it was adorable. alex & henry are adorable. i also adore the women of this book so much. june, nora, bea all truly deserve the world.
i do wish this book was faster in the beginning. it feels like it started off slow and then picked up a lot of speed towards the end instead of having one even pace. i also think rafael luna did not deserve forgiveness. i do not like him. i sympathize with his backstory but good lord i wish alex and his family didn't forgive him. it didn't make any sense to me.
overall, i would recommend this book mostly for the romance.
Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Biphobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia
Minor: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Rape
moonbeamdmercutio's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Outing and Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual content and Grief
Minor: Death of parent, Addiction, and Drug abuse
firefly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia and Outing
Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent
Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Racism
honey_crystals's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
- Billing something as "enemies to lovers" but a) having them fall in love fairly early in the book and b) they don't really hate each other so much as Alex had some weird pent up gripes about Henry
- Don't flog me for this, because I'm not saying authors can't, but it felt off seeing a white person write a biracial person and then said biracial person only really brings up his poc side sometimes. Plus the occasional Spanish nicknames somehow felt out of place?? I don't know how to explain it. It's like the slightly off way Monique Grant was written in Evelyn Hugo.
- I believe this is the author's first work. When compared to One Last Stop (and I understand One Last Stop had fewer opportunities for intimate scenes given the occasional subway setting), RWRB had so many more sex scenes? I'm not a prude but there was so much more compared to the next work which was a sapphic relationship.. (I'm also not saying that RWRB had too many like I'm some sort of prude)
- Again, white author writing the poc as one dimensional support characters, even if they were very fun and funny.
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Homophobia
thegardenlesbian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Outing
Moderate: Grief, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent
anmitha's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia
Minor: Drug abuse
foreveralicexox's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Homophobia and Outing
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Drug abuse
ladyames20203's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Outing
Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Grief, Addiction, Mental illness, and Stalking
emilywoodsmall23's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, and Homophobia