Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

154 reviews

malu_moon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

ekcd_'s review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

neonblaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

milliewh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence

green_book_gobl1n's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I did enjoy this book, but I feel it could have been written better, it felt as if the sex was the main plot point, and it had an anti-climactic ending.  I didn’t really gain anything from reading it. If you are a lover of Hades and Persophone retellings, you will probably like this. Sure, it's not the worst book, but I probably won't be suggesting this to someone, unless they like smutty books. For a book that has reviews for being very sexy, and kinky, it's pretty tame.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Stalking, and War

fannehsm's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

2.0

Not the best retelling of Hades and Persephone. It seemed like the story was trying to be deeper than the typical romance plot but never actually achieved depth. It came off like a really good but cheap mafia romance. 

Hades’ backstory was okay to begin with, but didn’t give enough reason for his drive and hatred. The conclusion of it wasn’t that great either. Unfortunately, his character was the most built out of the cast. Persephone in this book is interesting with her ability to “turn on” her PR facade and her quips were pretty funny. For everyone else, you can tell the author is trying to “save” their backstories for the next book so they always feel like you’re missing something—because we are. 

At best this is a typical flimsy romance story, with Greek gods as an almost fanfic-like fill-in. There are better retellings if you’re interested in Greek Mythology or fantasy. 

The “A Touch of Darkness” series by Scarlett St Clair has more of the traditional background for Hades and Persephone. Fair warning, her Persephone is young, brash, and can be annoyingly immature because of her sheltered upbringing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

jencolumb0's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.5

A simple but modern, v. hot, engaging, and satisfying retelling of the Hades/Persephone myth with the help of the ever-effective fake dating trope. Even though this book skews toward indulgent and also violent at times, I really appreciated the sensitivity it brought to concepts of BDSM. It is worth noting that none of the violence is sexual in nature and, in one part where blurring that line becomes a possibility, the involved partners clearly communicate their enthusiastic consent to hurting so good, in an agreed-upon way. I look forward to exploring the rest of Olympus, as portrayed by Ms. Robert.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence and Kidnapping

lorraine19's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

Interesting modern twist on Greek mythology. There were some details left out of the world building that are bugging me a little bit but nothing I'd say that ruins the story. Interesting concept and enjoyable. 

As for the scenes, it is the very definition of "consent is sexy". It is a little heavy on the kink so maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but it is hands down the best portrayal I've seen of a healthy BDSM relationship. 

Overall, probably one of my favorite smut books. Looking forward to the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

louise_jayne99's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thebookaddict's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

Voordat je aan dit boek begint, lees eerst even de trigger warnings. Ik dacht dat het een romance was, maar het is bijna puur spice. Er zit een verhaallijn in, maar hier ligt helaas de focus niet. Je volgt een verhaal van Persephone en Hades, twee van mijn favoriete personages. De andere goden, zijn ook echt goed beschreven zonder dat daar de focus op ligt. Hades is zoals altijd een donkere, duistere man met een klein gouden hartje. Hij beschermt alles wat hem lief is. Ik vond de manier hoe de romance zich ontwikkelde echt mooi om te lezen. Van een deal naar echte gevoelens. Hij laat duidelijk zien dat hij alles voor Persephone over heeft

zelfs het adopteren van drie puppy's 🤭

de schrijfstijl is ook erg prettig en hij leest vlot weg. Ik had het alleen fijner gevonden als het verhaallijn iets meer naar voren was gekomen.

ook was het vermoorden van de machtige Zeus wel erg makkelijk

. Ondanks alles heb ik toch genoten en wil alle andere delen ook lezen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Kidnapping