Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

55 reviews

riosblu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I’m conflicted. Screw men, but can I have some more of them? So many emotions, so much anger at ignorant entitled men but I couldn’t put the book down. Would I recommend this to everyone? No, but the people I would recommend it to already know who they are. To them I say, stay toxic and enjoy the shit show, I sure did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Police brutality, and Car accident

mallorytyler's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Rape, Car accident, and Death of parent

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

i DNFed this 2 years ago so maybe it’s true what they say about distance making the heart grow fonder😭 i really liked the writing style and the book in general flows a lot better than most DR i’ve read. i’m not obsessed with the main characters but they weren’t as annoying as i expected considering the reviews. i stand by finding michael creepy tho i just find it endearing now! i think the whole motivation for the guys bullying her was kinda stupid especially with the reveal but i love OTT and ridiculous DR when it’s done well and this is a decent example of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, and Toxic friendship

sarahfeller's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hartjechimene's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, and Gaslighting

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.25

Toxic relationship, SA triggers, assault. He burns down her literal house and she is just so fine about that. It's gotta be a "No" from me dawg, sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

florixer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

So this is a hard one to describe, on one hand I really enjoyed reading this book, because it got me out of a reading slump and is really fast paced. But there were many scenes I thought were not okay.
First, Micheal doesn't like to explain him self most of the time, which often ends in miscommunication. Also they often treated Rika like shit and when she said No to the actions they often still continued and said stuff like, but I know you want it so bad. And also she never really seemed bothered by it most of the time. 
The story line though was really interesting, sometimes a little bit confusing, but it was written in a way you couldn't put the book down. I'm not really sure yet if I want to continue the series, but if you have a high tolerance rate it is okay to read. But if you can't read story's that are sometimes a little bit unmorally than this might not be the right book for you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Child abuse

ac_blanco's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Really really weird plot and not even a cute romance. Something inexplicable that’s just engaging about this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment