Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Scarred by Emily McIntire

36 reviews

bremcfarland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and War

entrancedbywords's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

0.5

Thanks to booktok last year I fall into the trap of being Emily McIntyre books, so I brought the set of Never After. After forgetting that I had these amongst my physical TBR, I finally found my copy of Scarred. 

I'll be honest, I started reading this at 11pm at night after I had spent the day working in the heat and yelling loud enough to crackle my voice. So my attention for bed was high yet over exhaustion kept me awake. 

In the first 13 pages, I felt like I didn't have a justifiable reason to care about Tristan or Sara. Neither want the throne, both come from royalty, both bore witness fo funerals in recent years/days. Yet I didn't know the characters. 

I assume their written as teenagers cause they felt very juvenile, though in saying that this is also claimed as a period piece; set in the early 1900s  and I already know period piece styled books aren't my strong suit. 

By page 26 I was really struggling with this. It felt like a wattpad story, as if there's information there yet missing at the same time. I really struggled to grasp the concept of the characters and the world within these pages. 

By page 183 I realised how repeative this book really is. It's a lot of the same sentences repeated over and over, just written in different order and it started to bore me.

I felt like the book relies way too much on its dialogue while leaving everything else off the page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I have no words to describe this book!

Once again, dark romance / smut is not my favorite genre but, after 'Hooked', I was willing to give it a go. After this book I don't know anymore. The characters are horribly written, the plot is terrible, and the pacing... Jesus... even if you only read this for the steamy, even that was the worst.

At least Hook had some (very few) redeeming qualities!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Classism

savage_book_review's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I reviewed this book last year, but have listened to the audiobook as it's about to drop off of the Audible Plus catalogue. My thoughts on the story haven't changed; while I don't think it's the best written of the series, overall I think Tristan and Sara are my favourite pair from the Never After world.

However, the narrators were all wrong for the characters in my opinion. The biggest issue for me is that Tristan's narrator has a voice that sounds far too old for the character! When paired with the youthful, saccharine sweet voice of Sara's narrator, this alone detracts greatly from his character. It made it really hard to imagine him as a devastatingly handsome 26 year old dark Prince and kept giving me big age gap, overbearing letch vibes. Sara's voice is probably a bit closer to my expectations, but it felt like it was missing the core of steel that the character has - she almost has the opposite problem of sounding too young. There was also a lot of gasping for breath between sentences, which got on my nerves after a while.

As a whole, it does do a good job at bringing the story to life, and in some respects I think it probably does a better job than the paperback at conveying the build up. But it does also highlight some of the flaws in the writing (I didn't realise the amount of times a character 'tsks' until I listened to this!) which you probably don't notice as prominently when reading a physical copy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Abortion, Outing, and Alcohol

kylasmv15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Abortion, and Alcohol

cristina_reading24's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape and Abortion

bgarske's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The sex is great, but takes a while to get there.
The twists!
Most importantly, the love is so, so beautifully written. Honestly, all the emotions are beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

No rape

coris_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

rainbowflamingos's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, and War

hanschub's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.5

i adore slow burn enemies to lovers, but the old timey language and ideals bothered me (even though they were part of the time period). i’ll definitely be reading the other books in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Abortion