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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

73 reviews

jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

I have to be honest, when I first started this series I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did! I loved the mood, the dark themes, the secrets and the betrayals, and while I can’t say I was immediately hooked, I did find myself gradually falling in love with the four horseman.

The series as a whole is about four friends that were high school hotshots, where three of the four have spent the last three years in prison for their pranks back in the day. Each book highlights a different friend and their respective love interest, with the most common theme being a revenge plot line. My biggest gripe, if you will, is that these men did not do nearly enough groveling, which is a MUST in this type of genre. Additionally, there was some questionable conduct for the high school aged portions, which always makes me feel a little icky.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Murder, and Pregnancy

morticiaddams's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

kyiaw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Its a dark read but it isent without rays of posititive vibes that urge one to survive no matter the cost.

chloeolevia's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hapalyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

Damon's story was hyped up so much, and it is truly super tragic. I found the resolution between Winter and Damon to be underwhelming though? There's a lot of nuance in their ... distaste... hatred... etc., but the resolution felt like a weird instant flip. Horrible pacing.

This book is long, filled with flashbacks (I hate flashbacks) for the first 50%ish, and the pacing was awful. I enjoyed seeing the redemption arc though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cait's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ellavlind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

Älskar Damon. Tycker så synd om honom också. Winter e så stark och deras story är så jävla bra. Först i fontänen, trädkojan och att hon blev blind, hennes ”ghost” som va han asså allt va så bra. Jag hade typ ont i hjärtat genom hela boken för de va så känslosamt med deras historia och Damons barndom. 
Sjuk plot twist att Rika, Damon och Banks va syskon ba sådär (va ju dock lite teaseat innan i boken)?? 
Måste säga att Will nog fortfarande är min favoritkaraktär dock. Och asså STACKARN när han fkn nästan drunkna igen??? Brorsan har nog grov ptsd vid detta laget.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

questionablereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

Kill Switch is an emotional roller coaster of a dark romance. It’s rich people on some rich people drama, with some serious trauma at play. The MMC, Damon Torrence is awful and horrible but also understandable and could just use a freaking hug (and some therapy). The FMC, Winter is so one of my favorites in this series so far who has her own battles with herself, her family, blindness and others thinking she is weak due to her blindness, when she is in fact one of the strongest FMCs to grace the Devil’s Night series. The character development within Kill Switch was so unlike the previous books in the series, and Penelope Douglas used some serious word magic to be making my heart love these fictional people, because I sure as hell did not prior to the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

riosblu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Damon went from my least favorite character to my favorite. I didn’t think it was possible. This one hurt to read but I couldn’t stop listening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

milena99'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape and Murder