Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

6 reviews

carlaabra's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked this way more than I thought I would! It’s not a romance at all, more of a vampire thriller / urban fantasy. Anita is badass. There’s a lot of dark themes and violence, even for a vampire novel.

One downside is the pacing. The first 80 pages were so action-packed that I couldn’t put it down at 4am. The last 50 are great too. In between though… it can get a little slow.  I also felt some of the characters could have been developed more, but it’s a short book and there’s a lot of plot to get through. 

The writing is first-person stream of consciousness almost. As a result it’s very casual (Anita is like 24 I think). I liked it, some will think it’s juvenile or poorly written.

#teamJeanClaude

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Sexual content

eener's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my I-refuse-to-feel-guilty-about-it nostalgic pleasures... yes, the entire series :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Body shaming, Blood, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Violence

time4tori2read's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

zoeelora's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

tomas_lw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Confinement, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

yogomagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

1.5

I’m disappointed. I like urban fantasy and really wanted to like this book but there were too many issues for me to give it 2 stars. I give it an extra 1/2 of a star because it had all the ingredients for a good story but the execution was too choppy and sloppy. I finished the book with so many questions, and looked up wiki pages about the story and characters. The wikis were clearer than the book itself.

Every character felt flat and boring, and I think it may be because there are so many of them and not enough time/pages to really develop them beyond the most basic personalities. I didn’t care about any of them.

The whole Nikolaos thing was infuriating. She hired (well, forced) a vampire slayer to find out who is slaying vampires. Why? Did I miss something? And then she meddles and interferes with Anita’s efforts to solve the case. After a long slog through this book, and Anita going on and on about the terror she felt towards Nikolaos, the final fight scene was pathetic. Two humans against a 1000 y.o. mega-powerful vampire, over as quickly as it started. Okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol