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Corupt by Penelope Douglas

59 reviews

katiekaiser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

2.5

This book was pretty good, but not amazing. It’s definitely my least favorite Penelope Douglas book I’ve read so far. I think the main problem that I had with it is that I didn’t find the characters overly likable or relatable. I also think that the book could’ve been a little bit shorter, although I really liked the end. I think the way a lot of the story played out made sense. This book is VERY spicy. I’d recommend 18+. I feel like some things were under developed in favor of the spice. However, it was a good read overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

2.0

I’m really scared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

fa1ryts's review against another edition

dark slow-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: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lindseygarner's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

0.25

Why did I even finish this? Do not recommend. 

Completely aside from the bad ~dark romance~ themes that are obviously not my vibe, I HATED the weird song references she wrote into the text CONSTANTLY??? STOP THAT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Murder

sabinehunter's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneys_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

order of bfs
1. will grayson
2. kai
3. michael
…
1,00,000. damon

literally i don’t know how i feel about this book. i wanna finish the series but i have no clue how damon has redemption, even with his past trauma. i feel like alex and kai will be together???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Animal death

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Corrupt is your average run of the mill enemies to lovers plot. Big scary guy falls for seemingly innocent girl he’s known his entire life even if they’re convinced they hate one another, so it’s nothing new. HOWEVER, the spice is like nothing I’ve ever read and makes up for the basic plot! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

imireviewsbooks's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Grief, and Car accident

liih's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

 wtf is this pls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

lea_talisa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The book itself regarding the writing of the story and characters as well as those things itself was good. It just wasn’t for me and though I often enjoy dark romance I just couldn’t get comfortable how they sexualised her fear. I get that spark that comes with a little fear play but I feel like sometimes the female mc was just straight up frightened and I couldn’t get behind how someone would find joy in that or how she could be turned on herself. Also a big point for me is the miscommunication I mean if they would’ve just talked a lot of things would’ve turned out drastically different. In the end it definitely is a good book I simply couldn’t identify with the morals of the characters which made me not being able to enjoy the book and also not read any further books in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Death of parent