Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Corupt by Penelope Douglas

48 reviews

sissi27's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? No

2.0

I don’t get how the author messed up to give Ricka or Micheal any personality in the span of 500 pages.
Some of the scenes were so disturbing and the lack of trigger warnings confuses me. 
Other than that, the only redeemable characters were Will, Alex and Noah but he vanished for the entire novel after being mentioned for maybe 10 pages.
The epilogue was also one of the worst I read in a book because it made me hate Micheal even more. Speaking about him, the only thing he was doing in the whole damn book was gritting his teeth, slamming her against a wall or yanking Ricka’s hair in order to make out with her. How can anyone be that horny and unwell to enjoy this sort of treatment?

I hated how Ricka was underage (16) in the flashbacks and Micheal was 20! I couldn’t see past the inappropriate age difference 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Animal death, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident

bettyswanreader's review against another edition

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I am so lost as to what is happening.
They are awful to her and yet she never seems to react appropriately. They try to torment her, but she still sticks around, and when shit hits the fan, they throw a party and act like all is forgiven. That's where it lost me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

emelieviklund's review against another edition

dark fast-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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Death, and Misogyny

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Rape, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

jesshart8's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Bullying, Classism, Misogyny, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

bigbookslay'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

quick read and kept me hooked. only liked Alex and Kai towards the end. Damon can go to hell idc. didn't appreciate the sexism and sexual assault at all. if the men in this book were a little less fucked up it would be perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

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

florixer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

So this is a hard one to describe, on one hand I really enjoyed reading this book, because it got me out of a reading slump and is really fast paced. But there were many scenes I thought were not okay.
First, Micheal doesn't like to explain him self most of the time, which often ends in miscommunication. Also they often treated Rika like shit and when she said No to the actions they often still continued and said stuff like, but I know you want it so bad. And also she never really seemed bothered by it most of the time. 
The story line though was really interesting, sometimes a little bit confusing, but it was written in a way you couldn't put the book down. I'm not really sure yet if I want to continue the series, but if you have a high tolerance rate it is okay to read. But if you can't read story's that are sometimes a little bit unmorally than this might not be the right book for you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Deadnaming, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Child abuse

curicastic's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

This is a hard one to review. (This might have slight spoilers)

I never know how to rate dark romance books because they're an entirely different breed for me, as far as books go. 
I heard the hype, I guess it kind of lives up to it. I was a bit slow, the back and forth between the present and the "three years ago" POV was a little tiring at times. I think this book could be 100 pages less and it would change nothing, there where scenes where the character repeted themselves and it was eye rolling.

I might continue the saga because these type of books are like crack, there's just something about em. There were a few moments where I laughed and I was SURPRISSSSSSSSSSED, LEMME TELL YOU. 
Penelope Douglas makes assholes look good, that's an art.

PS: Ah, yes, I nearly forgot. While we can all appreciate the kind of asshole Douglas writes... I quite often like it when it comes with a soft center. This might not be the saga for me, maybe... but I am willing to read one more book to find out. All that pulling  not giving in Michael did was frustrating at times, which... I get it, if that was the point. I'm just saying that if that doesn't change... I might have to reconsider reading these books lol. 

PS2: Oh my god. The whole "Rika got us arrested" was so stretched out thin I nearly fell asleep during that. I even thought it might've been more fun is someone stole the masks and did something with them that oh so special night. But I repeat myself, this book needed to be edited DOWN at least 100 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

alicecaillau__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

Le personnage féminin est intéressant, fort, mais l’amour entre Rika et Crist paraît assez peu crédible sur la fin du roman… Le personnage de Damon semble presque excusé à la fin, ce qui est dérangeant
Mais le suspense est très bien maintenu, on a envie d’aller au bout du roman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexism, Torture, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Car accident, and Physical abuse