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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

36 reviews

peneloperose's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

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

vhpenawrites's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

fevalente's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death and Death

fevalente's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

feriel_b's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

Another 0 stars, another book of three spoiled brats terrorizing yet another innocent girl , at this point the plot is how dumb can these horseshits be 
I was told this book was supposed to redeem Damon and not gonna lie, his backstory was heartbreaking , but how is he better when he himself grew up to SA women ?? His own sister??? But it's okay his defense he didn't know she's his sister when he decided to grope and force kiss her 🙄 that's the stupid excuse the penelope douglas cult give him each time the SA topic is brought up in this series ( heavely ) and he books in general ,because god forbid we criticize an author

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

jlaz_13's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

jsumner1125's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I don't know why I like this series.  Damon was a horrible guy and I really didn't see any redemption for him that I could be satisfied with but he may be my favorite character now.  Totally selfish unless you are his people.   He had to have super special love and Winter was perfect. I loved how he treated her disability as a non issue, he let her truly live.  I am really liking the growth of all the charcters, the town story line of wealth and intrigue and I am super excited to finish with Will's story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

_youfloweryoufeast_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

3 ⭐️


Genre: Dark Romance
Age group : Adult
POV : First person / dual POV
Characters: 3.5/5 ⭐️
Plot: 3.5/5 ⭐️
Setting/Themes: 3/5 ⭐️
Writing: 2/5 ⭐️
Spice : 4 ⭐️

• Please check TWs & CWs
• mature language, sexual scenes, violence, mentions of kidnapping, vandalism, sexual assault, mentions of statutory rape, child abuse, pedophilia, sexual violence murder, attempted murder, guns, substance abuse, mentions of mental illness, slut shaming & more.
• Dark romance (heavy triggers)
• Tropes :Miscommunication, Childhood lovers (but make it dark & gritty)
• HEA

“Nothing was a lie.”

Surprisingly, once I came to terms with the term “dark romance” and got past all the horrible and questionable behaviours, this wasn’t bad. I did quite like the flow of the story, of course it was extremely problematic in a sense. It was Beth toxic too obviously, but I ate After up like nobody’s business so I’m not one to complain.

Winter. I liked winter. A lot. She’s proof that strength and capability is truly in the will of a person. I loved her passion for dance and I truly loved The way she perceived things. 

Damon. I hated him in the first 2, now I can’t help but love him. I am an advocate for healing past trauma and not using trauma as an excuse to be a douche but Damon. I can’t even begin. Please be warned that Kill Switch delves into the darker and very detailed parts of Damon’s abuse as a child. 

My issues: 

- the Misogynist tendencies obviously 
- slutshaming
- glorification of trauma (in a sense)

Did I love it? Maybe not, but I did like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness