Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

26 reviews

enzopudge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking

alizasminilibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

As a lover of The Originals, Twilight and Historical Fiction, The Beautiful checked all of my boxes. While this was the first novel in the series it sucked me in and sets up well for the continuation for the next book.

While there are still so many unanswered questions, which are all annotated in my book, I thoroughly enjoyed being able to put the pieces together as more and more was revealed. Even the main character, Celine, has secrets that are not spelled out until later on into the series.

The characters that we meet such as Bastien and Odette are intriguing. While we only see a few of them on a regular basis, it is hard to not notice the love and loyalty they share.

I immediately started the next book in the series and I cannot wait to share my thought on that one too!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Gore, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

takarakei's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

The beginning of this was very interesting, but it kinda lost me in the middle. I've heard book 2 is much better so I might continue on audio.

did w/ audio narration which was  good

🌶️3/5 from what I remember it was open door but not overly descriptive 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Racism

prunechips's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Stalking

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

anna_eryn's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

phoxyphoenix's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bookishromantics's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault and Stalking

Minor: Racial slurs

roseandpages's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment

allyordyna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Woah. Blew twilight out of the water, I must say.🤯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail