Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Marked by Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

22 reviews

csmoke85's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

mobkima's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

3.0 STARS

This isn't my usual, "This is three stars which means it's middle ground but good!", this is a, "three stars that kind of sucks but is suckily charming!"

A somewhat dated vampire book that has lines aging like milk. However nothing a teenager says ages any better. Really quick read that both made me somewhat happy and also full of rage. My mom has also owned these books since she was young, so they get extra brownie points for potentially becoming family heirlooms. 

I think this may be a guilty pleasure series despite the HEAPING amount of flaws 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

samchelsey's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

bookwormforlifeandmore's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

There's blood drinking involved and there are addiction themes when it comes to that because vampires.

_mak_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing 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: Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual content, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

joklo's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? It's complicated

2.0

Attempts at diversity are really just stereotypes and tropes. Very, very cringey humor and a wildly unlikable not-like-other-girls heroine. Wanted to reread the series because I really remember liking them in like junior high and while the plot is interesting, all the snark and cringey asides made this a painful albeit quick read. Multiple uses of r****d as an insult as well as body shaming and slut shaming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

sar_bear's review against another edition

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

I don't think I've ever read a book/series this bad. I could not finish the series despite being given most of the books as a gift. The writing in general is just horrible (good news is that it makes others feel so much better about their own writing), and the main character is so unlikeable it feels purposeful. I could talk about the problematic things with the series but I don't think I have enough time in my day to cover everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

saturngaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Sexual content

pastel_princess's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual content

msradiosilence's review against another edition

I’m 95 pages in, and the last book I DNF’d was Allegiant 9 years ago, but I fucking CANNOT with this book.

First of all, way to whitewash your main “native” character. Very SMeyer of you. How is it that the other POC character (Shaunee, a black woman) is allowed to have ‘mocha’/‘chocolate’ skin but Zoey goes from ‘tanned’ to ‘pale white’ hm? Sounds very…cultural appropriative, no?

For a book that has a gay character and a black character in the main cast, this book was *checks notes* fatphobic, transphobic, racist, and slut shame-y all in the first 8 pages! And it only gets worse!! This is why I fucking DNFed, because there is much better shit out there.

The writing was annoying as fuck, Zoey was super judgmental and annoying as fuck, all the other characters were shallow and annoying as fuck…did I mention how annoyed I was with this book?

I read it back in middle school (and bc of the blow job scene in the beginning was subsequently banned from reading it) but as an adult I’ve been going through a nostalgia period and this was one of the books I wanted to revisit. Honestly, thanks Mom and Dad for sparing me from the rest of this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism