Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

54 reviews

georgiaisreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I struggled through this, mainly due to a lot of the plot and world building that felt incomplete or rushed over. However the banter and tension between Pae and Kai was enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

airiel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

5/5 HANDS DOWN!! I loved the plot line, characters, descriptions, etc. Definitely recommend reading and rereading!!! 🤩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

backitupmoony's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death and Murder

catlover_booklover2010's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

I loved reading this book it is so good and it is an enemies to lovers book. Which I love!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

liaantje's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing sad tense 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

4.5

I am broken, I am crying, I don't know what happened. The last 30 pages just, everything imploded

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

allie_treacherousreads's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Violence

aralalala's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What an amazing debut from Lauren Roberts! Powerless was such a fun, exhilarating ride. I’m typing this as soon as I finished and my heart is still pounding like crazy.

First, I’m so grateful that though Pae and Kai share similar spunk and vibes, they had unique voices so switching POVs wasn’t so hard considering that it wasn’t exactly alternating between chapters.

Second, I’m definitely here for all their banter. Having come from a previous book I DNF’d because of bad banter (and I thought I just grew out of that), Powerless does it so, so well. I was squealing through chapters of endless undeniable chemistry and witty comebacks. I didn’t even care much for the fact that I was being dragged into their romance more than the actual plot—which was still moving, by the way, but come on, Kai Azer??? Swoon.

Oh, but the book doesn’t just do the romantic tension well. The plot is thick and heavy and I’m surprised it actually goes deeper than initially offered. It’s a mix of quite a few things but done so well so far, and I just hope the end of the trilogy delivers a satisfying closure to all of it. It’s ambitious to say the least but exciting all the same. 

I totally get the hype around it. It’s definitely worth picking up, and I fear picking up the sequel so soon knowing it’s gonna take a while before the last book gets released!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing