Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

73 reviews

cutepatzie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.75

The book is good. Love the relationship and romance here. Again I appreciate showing how hard it still is to be a girl and have a career in the university and since world. I very much appreciate the way of appreciation of mental health characters go to therapy when they need to, they do not feel emberes because of that and that is such a positive thing. My only minus is this a bit cliche but still sweet and cool story is the cat saves the day. Especially when the author a couple of pages before talking about cliche moments in books and movies. But still a good book about a very amazing love story. Every girl deserves a man like Levi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

hecksbecks's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Ali Hazelwood has done it again. She got me to read another one of her cheesy STEM romance books in under 8 hours. And I love every minute of it. I would even go as far to say that this is my favorite of hers. 
The characters are likable, the interactions are real and the emotion is so well done. You FEEL Bee’s panic, her fear, her deep, deep love. The one sided Enemies-to-Lovers plot was initially what hooked me but I was glad it didn’t persist for the duration of the book. Instead

we got a satisfying meld with a he-fell-hard-she-fell-harder that tickled my fancy. AND the sex was great, so well written, not at all raunchy or distasteful. .

OMG THE TWIST!! As predictable as the book was I really couldn’t flush out the full details, I have to commend Ali for that.
Aside from being a tad predictable and the tendency that our author has to “break the illusion” by having her character say something extremely meta I really loved it. 
I had barely finished Love on The Brain and I was recommending it to my best friend. An overall enjoyable read that’d pull anyone out of a reading slump. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

hayzey's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

katievallin's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

kelsimitchell's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Ahh I loved this so much! Probably my favorite of these 3 STEM-themed books. Such a great, cheesy, romantic love story! Also, I know I’m not the only one that wanted to punch the Wards in the face. Just had to throw that out there! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence

chasingpages1's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, and Alcohol

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• 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

4.0

was it as good as TLH? no.
did i still have fun? yes!

i had trouble getting into this book, especially since the switch from 3rd to 1st person through me completely off guard. furthermore, bee is kinda whiny. but i LOVED her and levi. 

idc how many times ali hazelwood writes similar STEM romances - i will enjoy every single one. it is her niche and her charm, for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

4.0

CUUUUUUUUUTE

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

prettynerdy3's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Predictable but highly enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent