Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

15 reviews

liza's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

As a lover of The Originals, Twilight and Historical Fiction, The Beautiful checked all of my boxes. While this was the first novel in the series it sucked me in and sets up well for the continuation for the next book.

While there are still so many unanswered questions, which are all annotated in my book, I thoroughly enjoyed being able to put the pieces together as more and more was revealed. Even the main character, Celine, has secrets that are not spelled out until later on into the series.

The characters that we meet such as Bastien and Odette are intriguing. While we only see a few of them on a regular basis, it is hard to not notice the love and loyalty they share.

I immediately started the next book in the series and I cannot wait to share my thought on that one too!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Stalking, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Confinement, and Gore

prunechips's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Stalking

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

phoxyphoenix's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Violence, Sexism, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

this was as beautifully written and everything else this author does.

so if you want straight to the point and no diacritics writing or plot that just gets to where it is going without some detours? 
not the book for you. 

but i enjoyed this a lot.

i really loved the characters and their stories. 
i enjoyed the female characters in this book and how they used that to their advantage because every male and some other people as well just dismissed them because of their gender. 

i enjoyed the supernatural or fantastical elements as well. it was nicely woven into the story in a way that was well done, it fit well into the historical aspects of the story and just added a little something extra to it. 


i just enjoyed this a lot and will counting on soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, and Torture

bookishromantics's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Stalking and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs

lousnewchapter's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

mermay's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Racism, Sexism, and Stalking

allyordyna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Woah. Blew twilight out of the water, I must say.🤯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Gore, Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Racism

ok7a's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, Racism, and Kidnapping

emma2578's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing 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

I absolutely loved the atmosphere of New Orleans, the author did an amazing job of romanticizing the city through description. Celine was an amazing strong headed lead character, I often found myself admiring her wits throughout the novel. As for the romance, I prefer Micheal over Bastien, but I can see why so many people would disagree. The antagonist was compelling, and left me shocked during his reveal. Overall I really enjoyed this book, and look forward to reading the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Stalking, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Gore