Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Deviant King by Rina Kent

8 reviews

sashasauroras's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

<spoilers> 
so um 
yeah this book was a LOT. not great to say the least like.. just no.. 
yeah i’m confused.. this book is just not great like plot wise and overall?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

readwthsam's review against another edition

dark fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Bullying

mbichaela's review

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

2.5

ENG
i might have found out that i might not enjoy bully romances. but i will continue to see how their romance develops.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

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

jen1804's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.75

This book is not morally grey, it is morally black. The non- consensual sexual content, the constant sexual and physical harassment and the toxic possessiveness made me uncomfortable and confused. None of the characters are likeable. It is also not overly well written. But it gets more than a 1 star rating because there is actually a decent, mysterious and interesting plot at play here which I want to know more about. And yes that means that I will be reading the next book in the series because I want to know more about Aiden and Elsa’s past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia and Violence

Minor: Death

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

teeny_bee's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? No

Shhh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia

avianundertaker's review against another edition

1.0

A dramatic conversation is overheard in the last chapter which contains a major twist that didn't shock me because the foreshadowing was so obvious, but also contains a minor line that sent me to another astral plane. Adien King and Silver Queens have cannoncially fucked in the past and Silver is intent on being Aiden's girlfriend, and it is revealed that Aiden's dad is Silver's uncle, meaning incest IS canon and the author is not going to address that ever.

This book was terrible not just because of the blatant abuse and actual sex crimes, but because on top of all that the writing is incompetent from a technical standpoint. So much repetition, contradictions of previous information, poor word choices and terrible dialogue. We are warned in the synopsis that Aiden is a piece of shit and he is, but we were not warned that Rina Kent's grasp on how human people talk is tenuous at best.

Certain odd pieces of characterization charmed me greatly, such as Elsa reminding us every few chapters that she was an avid reader of "Chinese war books" and the conversation about Jean-Paul Sartre and the merits of existentialism that came out of nowhere towards the end.

If you like things that are not rapey, abusive or incompetently written then you will find no value in this. If, however you do love witnessing trainwrecks, I think the best way to consume this is with a friend so you can marvel in the sheer messiness together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Emotional abuse