Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

44 reviews

littleredbird's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Physical abuse, and Rape

jadyn_renee62's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

this was a great book and perfect for the series summary of this book is below which spoils the book but this is only for people who forget what happens and want to continue the series BE AWARE

at the end damon and winter are together and damon’s kills his dad but all his money goes to his sister banks and damon has no money so he starts architecture, and he always doesn’t get arrested because the cops have someone protect him because ppl hated his dad also damon regrets everything he did and his mom touched him as a kid but his dad revels that it wasn’t his mom but a hooker and his real mom is rikas mom so they’re sibling and winters dad is still hiding and will is struggling a lot with drugs and drinking and damon is very protective of him cuz they had a very special connection

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

agnesreads2042's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

ashleygreenslibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

After everything we learn about Damon in the previous books, I was so ready for him to have his own story, redemption, love. I had no idea how Penelope would do it but she knocked this one out of the park. Damon and Winter are now one of my favorite couples ever.

Everything that Damon went through growing up, all the terrible things he’d done, to get to see how he felt about Winter the whole time and how she was always a place of peace for him.

Ugh. Even aside from them, the action and the story just keeps getting better with every book, I don’t know how she does it.

My ONLY gripe is I hate that at the end Winter’s dog Mikhail is never mentioned again in the wrap up/epilogue 🤣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Violence

krishnaoo3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

meghanperkins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

dkgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Buckle up, buttercup, because this one’s got a SH*T TON of baggage to unpack. Definitely look at the content warnings before reading. It’s definitely the most emotional book of the series so far. I didn’t think we’d get quite the close up on Damon’s past as we did, but it definitely explains why he is the way he is. Having Winter be blind was a choice. I got annoyed pretty quickly at the amount of times her not being able to see was used as a terror tactic. And I was really curious how the two of them were going to have a happy ending, all things considered. Overall, I liked it more than the second book, but not quite as much as the first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

lindslikesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This story. This book. If you are looking for something to make you feel things, this is the one. It’s dark and twisted and had my heart on the floor. This is an intermediate level of dark romance for sure. 

The character development in this entire series, let alone this book, is spectacular. There was one weird but of dialogue in the book where one character called another character “gay” but as an insult and I did not feel it was appropriate or needed at all. Probably should have been cut.  

The dual narration was beautiful. I adored Tatiana’s portrayal of Winter. She was truly voice acting. And Jeremy York was impeccable at bringing Damon’s dark, tortured person to life. BEAUTIFUL! 🎧


⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

Tropes: enemies to lovers, second chance, age gap, forbidden
TW: major! Check authors note for full list

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

siffpedersen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence