Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Deviant King by Rina Kent

5 reviews

briochebun's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 out of 5 ☆’s.

”Those who don't play think that the king is the most important piece because the game is over when he dies. They don't know that the king is useless without his queen.”

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Aiden’s character piqued my interest while reading ”Cruel King” — so I was ecstatic when I found out that the next book in the series was his! 

While I did enjoy ”Deviant King” overall (Note: I was aware of it being a dark bully romance novel — so none of its content took me by surprise) I will say that I wasn’t a big fan of the ending twist…

I did see it coming (so it wasn’t something out of left field) but it was too similar to Levi + Astrid’s situation with their parents (in my opinion) which bothered me. 

(Are all of the characters going to be connected to their love interests in similar ways — or are the Kings just cursed?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Grief, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Violence, Fatphobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Body shaming, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Classism

alullaby's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Death of parent, Bullying, and Sexual assault

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Stalking, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual harassment, Classism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

rabbitsdolly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Classism

poppy_ascher's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Read this during an extreme bout of insomnia. Kent writes in British English, something I had to remind myself during the occasional British colloquialism, otherwise very easy to follow and digest. 
I was not a fan of; the repetitiveness of certain words and emotional approaches to complex themes. A habit I can only surmise as a coping mechanism and consistency. for example; the repetition of the fact this is a bulky romance. We know. There was zero need to bring it up repeatedly to reaffirm there are bully main characters. However, it came across as unimaginative and pervasive sense of comfort from Kent. Almost like an oppressive desire to protect the reader from fully immersing oneself into the story.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Medical content