Reviews tagging 'Death'

Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling

24 reviews

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

kodafaith's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

I started this series just for this book and OH MY HEART😭 how Gianna Darling makes the things Zeus thinks about Lou not be totally creepy when they should be is beyond me. This book was more emotional than I expected in a lot of ways but wow did I cry!
I love this guardian monster so much and I honestly was do shocked by Loulou’s personality but in a good way. Excited to continue this series but I don’t know if I’ll be able to like any of the books more than this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

mrodriguez1738's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Gun violence

bookishbabbles's review

dark emotional 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

I can’t believe I actually finished this book! This book was so hard to finish because of it’s dark themes. First, this book features Pedophilia!  This book is about grooming and child molestors. I went into it thinking that it would be a traditional age gap but it is not. The characters first meet when the girl was 7!!!! I like dark books but this is just way too much. The male character gets off on the fact that the girl is an underage child. She does all the little girl things such as “sucking on a Lollipop” which is constantly brought up. During sex, the male character calls her “little girl” and that I could not stomach. He is very clear that he’s “loved her since they met” when she was 7! Mind you, when they finally get together the girl is still 17. I don’t shame anyone but I cannot stomach this kind of thing. I couldn’t  think of these scenes as “sexy” they just made my stomach turn. Would not recommend unless you are truly into “Dark and Twisted” romance, not just getting into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Excrement

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

maryyylorraine's review

dark medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

Okay, typically I don’t mind age gap romances, but the protagonist needs to be at least 18 years old. I don’t care that the age of consent is 17 where the book takes place. They gotta be at least 18, okay? Okay. That and the fact that just when I thought this book was gonna end, there was still hours left based on my kindle reading speed. This book was sooooooo drawn out. Those two things were really the only things that irked me. Other than that, I loved our main characters and the found family aspect of the MC and how the club members just accepted and cared for Lou. I am interested in reading the other books of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, and Medical content

apolen's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mbichaela's review

sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

ENG
i love my and lou's guardian monster <333333333

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Gun violence

Moderate: Death

charm0nix's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Kidnapping

zabeishumanish's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.0

I had to skip most of the sex scenes. I love a good forbidden romance, but this was too much, like terrifyingly too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism and Pregnancy