Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

164 reviews

jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

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

3.5

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utahtroutwoman's review against another edition

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More than anything, I'm just upset that the FMC is so unbelievably dumb. Might have something to do with her being 19, but I can't imagine putting up with 99% of what she is putting up with. MMCs are not so much morally gray as they are morally bankrupt. I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to find anything appealing about any of the characters. Maybe that's the point? It's not for me. 
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one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

Fairly well written and an interesting plot with a lot of dark elements emotionally/psychologically. I liked the points where Rika and the Horsemen worked together and were bonding, and I loved the elements of Kai & Michael. The push and pull with Michael was hot but a bit frustrating at times with him being so emotionally constipated. Overall an easy read with a suspenseful and spicy plot.
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kittykels's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

2.75

The writing wasn't terrible, but somehow this story still fell really flat. Despite all the crazy excitement happening, I was bored. The characters weren't very likeable and I LOATHED the endless name-dropping of random songs. I don't care if I like the songs or not, I hate when authors do this. It takes away from the story instead of adding to it. 

I read this for the spice and the drama, but the spice wasn't great. The writing suddenly turned bad during those scenes, with terrible word choice and descriptions. 

I won't continue the series and doubt I'll read anything else by the author. 
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hawkesprincess's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? No

4.0

This was a reread but I still love this series soooo much 
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kimmytanzone's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Erika pissed me off so bad. Where is the self respect lol. The plot was good which was why I finished it, I was really curious why this was all happening, but it also took SO long to get to the point/reason. The spice itself was good and not constant, but Erika realllllly gave me secondhand embarrassment. Her choices and reasonings - and everyone else’s - solidifies they all need help lmao.
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innae's review against another edition

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4.0

Not quite what I expected, but a very fun dark romance (though Libby/library says it is a horror novel).  
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coffaeandpages's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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morticiaddams's review against another edition

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  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

1.5

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hannahhagedorn's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

2.75

This plot was all over the place. I’m not entirely sure I could make an accurate timeline of the insane events that took place. This book does jump back and forth between present day and three years prior which I don’t normally like but it made sense for the plot. I was on the fence the whole time on whether I liked any of the guys or even Rika herself. Just when I thought someone was redeemable they would screw it up. But the worst person got drowned by karma… fucking Trevor and that made me happy. I would say that Kai was the least bad character, Will was more of an idiot with some comedic relief, Damon is the embodiment of a dumpster fire, and Michael was more hot n cold than the Katy Perry song. That man knew what he wanted but lied to himself and hurt everyone else in the process. Rika is a dumbass and should’ve ended up with Alex, the girl who’s only personality was being an escort but at least she never tried to hurt her. I’ll probably read the rest of the series cause I wanna see Kai’s story and honestly I’m just curious how they’re gonna try and redeem Damon. Anyways definitely taking a break from “the four horsemen” for now (lame ass pranks made me bored). All the love, always <3
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