Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

26 reviews

mirandamess139's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Literally no plot at all. Just a good old sex slavery book😂 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Gore, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

kelliruss's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

the smut is so messed up and so good. the story is so silly though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Gun violence, Gore, Rape, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

bergha1998's review

challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.75

Woah this is a dark romance, check those TWs. The plot was great, I’m not usually into college romances, but it being so secret society focused kept it very interesting. The spice is crazy: drugs, primal, dubcon, breath play, and a lot of BDSM. I loved how possessive Ryat was from the start. 

Dark Romance, Arranged Relationship, Secret Society, 4 1/2 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug use, Confinement, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

alxisrae's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional relaxing tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Torture, Body horror, Grief, Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

_toristorytime's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.5

This book challenged me a lot. The line between kink and fantasy versus SA and rape seemed intentionally very blurred if there at all. This book had moments of steam that I enjoyed but it took a lot of digging to find it. I considered DNFing this book multiple times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Blood, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

beckyremillard's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Torture, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

cait's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Confinement, Infertility, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body horror, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

luckypurple's review

adventurous dark fast-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? No

4.75

I don't even know how to rate this one. Probably 4.5 stars with all kinds of toxic relationship red flags. Dark and super smutty. Check your trigger warnings lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

kaadee's review

dark 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? No

2.0

Ryat’s name is the only cool part of this book. Was I hooked? Yes. Was it good from an actual writing perspective? No. The world building is so ass, it’s laughable. That’s not why i read it though. 2 stars for okay-ish smut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

marypetrushko's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug abuse, and Torture