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Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann

6 reviews

lisabaebe's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Enemies to Lovers?.. or does that even count in this situation? It’s a strong battle with the two main characters, Dean and Corabelle. You watch them hit the lowest of lows, but become triumphant in the end. I am proud of Dean making the hard choices of the two because I could only imagine after everything they went through. This was an interesting read.

PLEASE READ ALL TRIGGER WARNINGS PRIOR TO STARTING THIS BOOK!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

sienasummerrreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? N/A

4.0

Wow, I’m in shock honestly. This was dark and I felt sad the whole way through. Don’t get me wrong, this was a fantastic read but I believe it is better if you go in blind. These characters go through so much that their connection is inevitable. This isn’t your average romance it’s a journey of being at your lowest point and coming back and battling demons and finding yourself in the world again. From the start of this book, it just dived straight into the darkness and draws you in so fast. I honestly only felt one emotion reading this book sadness. If there were happy bits I was sad still. I read the physical and listened to the audiobook. The audiobook was fantastic and enhanced my experience while reading. It's told in a dual narration as well. 

Overall really good read and I do recommend just please look into triggers before diving in. 

If you love: 

🔹Dark Content & Themes 
🔹Graphic Scenes 
🔹Survival 
🔹Intimate Connection
🔹Mental Health 
🔹Emotional Reads

Genre/Type: Dark Romance 18+
APK: Physical & Audiobook ARC
Pages: 300
Audio Length: 12hrs 7mins
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
Series or Stand Alone: 
Tropes or Themes: Enemies To Lovers, Forbidden, Forced Proximity, Kidnapping, SA, R, Captivity, Violence, Physical Abuse, Guns, Forced Cheating, Murder, Past Memories, Miscarriage, Tattoo, Alcohol, Drug Use, Overdose, Mental Health, Trauma, Medical Content & Playlist 
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage

bnully1027's review against another edition

dark sad tense

4.0

I’m having a hard thinking of a review right now. This book was an emotional roller coaster. I’m surprised how instantly I was connected to these characters. I mean having it hook you almost immediately was a big plus. My ONLY issue is that Cora was sometimes too much. I get the trauma but still. This took me by surprise and as graphic and fucked this story was it was kind of a beautiful too. I dont think I’ll eve pick it again but I’m very happy I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death

ashlikes's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

bia16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

mrsschreave's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i devoured this book. read it so quickly i couldn’t put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Dementia, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol