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hannibanani29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
dosxhime's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
4.25 / 5 B
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, and Pregnancy
Minor: Rape
__romancereader__'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the characters that come along in the book❤️🔥❤️🔥💖💖ellaskrovset's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
jesshart8's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
1.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy
anaya_reads's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
koistyfishy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This is nothing "Lion King". The description was actually right! It is an embraced reimagining of Hamlet and if anything it would be a prequel to The Lion King, except in this one Mufasa is a cruel vindictive dick who beats on his brother and murdered his father. So said brother wants to get him back where it hurts most…stealing his crown and kingdom.
The main problem with this book was the writing! It was incredibly messy, like imagine on the level of a high school paper that you’d written the night before the deadline and had to come up with 5000 words at 2 o’clock in the morning. The general descriptions, the sentences and how things were laid out at times made no sense. I get EXTREMELY frustrated at books when I am forced to re-read sentences. If it happens once or twice I can overlook it; BUT in this the entire first 20% of the book, I was in a perpetual state of confused-mess. This made it very difficult to get into the story as I was constantly rereading stuff and needing to go back and try and put together in my mind what was fuck was going on because it wasn’t clearly communicated.
The pace and plotline of this were choppy and chaotic. I am not sure if it just felt this was because of the mediocre writing but things would happen off-page and then as the reader you are just thrown into the mix again - I had to page back a few times to make sure I WASN'T SKIPPING CHAPTERS by mistake.
Next... in the BLURB and Author's note at the start "It is a fractured fairy tale: NOT FANTASY" - Genres on Goodreads - FANTASY???? Like what are you?? Honestly, this read like a fantasy, but there wasn't enough world-building to feel that this WAS FANTASY! There is this made-up kingdom that is close to FRANCE???? And they have guns and automobiles BUT they also use swords!!! I had no idea what time period this was in or what world.
The one thing I liked though is Tristan and Sara, but I didn't love them! I think I have been spoilt recently in ACTUAL fantasy where the characters have so much depth to their characterisation and the relationships are complex and convoluted. These are just two people who are horny and slightly psychotic that their attraction borders on obsessive possession... Again, like Hooked, this felt 100 pages too short to explain how quickly these characters say "I love you". BUT I don't think I would have been able to survive another 100pg of this!
As I alluded to in my mini review - I liked this more than Hooked only because I connected slightly more with the characters and agreed with the motivations they had - Also the way Tristan was with Simon was adorable! BUT I preferred the writing in Hooked...
So right now I am left underwhelmed, unsatisfied and disappointed that this was not amazing! I wanted the trend to be true that if you didn't fully love Hooked, you would like this - but sadly this one didn't do it for me either.
Would I still recommend this?
Yes - it's not terrible and I can see why people love this for what it is. It's a good way to pass the time - the smut was also fine, nothing scary and dark... just a few candle wax drips to excite you!
Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
gemleigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Murder
dgprus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
ncmitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual assault
Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Gun violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail