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A review by thisiswhy_wecanthavenicethings
Cry, or Better Yet, Beg by VAN J, Solche
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
2 stars is honestly being generous. I read the YONDER version of this novel and it was soooo bad. This book was the definition of guy abuses girl but it's fine because they were in love. And it was so annoying how the comments kept trying to gaslight me into thinking that Matthias was the definition of romance and Kyle was just pure evil. Let's be clear - just because Matthias was in love with Layla and Layla was in love with Matthias, his actions towards her were not warranted. And frankly there was barely any remorse for his actions, like sure Matthias did change but at least some sort of apology, or something, some sort of redemption arc. Their whole relationship was founded on abuse and it's disgusting how people want to romanticize it. Also the way people want to pretend like Claudine and Kyle are the worst characters in this novel when they aren't even that bad. Yeah Kyle was kind of a coward, but he also was a nice dude and wanted to protect Layla. And Claudine was just acting in the way she was trained for years. It gets 2 stars purely because the side stories were cute, and it was intriguing at times.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment