Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

God of Ruin by Rina Kent

9 reviews

h_lo1004's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Blood

ahou13's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

jaedee09's review against another edition

4.0

I went in with low expectations and loved this book! These characters are just...something else. I do need one FMC that doesn't start as a

virgin

, though.

1. God of Pain - Annika and Creighton
2. God of Wrath - Cecily and Jeremy
3. God of Ruin - Mia and Landon
4. God of Malice - Glyndon and Killian 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

emmadb766's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

Horrible book. The writing is mediocre and a complete replica of the rest of the books in the series. Apart from the main character, the rest of the characters are predictable and hard to love. Slow paced because some of the internal monologues (especially Landon's) are incredibly repetitive to the point where it gets boring. The plot in of itself is not only repetitive but predictable and unentertaining, the only contrast is Mia's backstory which adds interst to the story. The ending left much to be desired, it felt rushed and, in my opinion, was not thoroughly resolved. Honestly, we know what we sign up for when we read a smut book like this, but this book doesn't even meet those standards. This felt like a complete copy paste of the rest of the series, incredibly underwhelming and overall boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, and Murder

lizziethebookdragon's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I DNFd this one. This was dull and boring. I liked some bits and the consent wasn't as bad as previous books in the series but I felt there wasn't much plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

eelka's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

Mia becomes the object of Landon's obsession, his muse. 

My least favourite of the series. 

Tropes: dark, psychopath, enemies to lovers, boy obsessed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Stalking

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.75

why does RK write the same characters for every book. it’s like every time i get my hopes up from crumbs in a previous book when i get to their book they’re just a carbon copy of most of her other MCs. i wasn’t delusional or anything but i did get a little excited for this one thinking the characters/plot would be more interesting but (surprising to no one, i’m sure) that was not the case. it was boring and the prose was just weird (almost like purple prose but like a tween wattpad author’s attempt at it) i hope after the final instalment of this series rina takes a step back for a while to work on her crap before pumping out lacklustre clones of her previous work. i’m being overly harsh bc i’ve read a lot worse before but i genuinely do think she has potential and i’ve even really enjoyed some of her work, so it’s just frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction and Stalking

sophia96's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping