Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Corupt by Penelope Douglas

183 reviews

wanderthelimit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very emotionally confusing. I didn't really know who I was rooting for the whole time. The back and forth between past and present really kept me on my toes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Rape

Consensual Non-consent

briterbrat20's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

I loved this book, but honestly at first I had a love hate relationship with the 4 horsemen… But once I kept listening I fell in love with all 4 men!!! Damon is still kind of iffy for me… I honestly just love Penelope’s writing… what you find out about damon explains so much….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

utahtroutwoman's review against another edition

More than anything, I'm just upset that the FMC is so unbelievably dumb. Might have something to do with her being 19, but I can't imagine putting up with 99% of what she is putting up with. MMCs are not so much morally gray as they are morally bankrupt. I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to find anything appealing about any of the characters. Maybe that's the point? It's not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence and Stalking

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

dcequeenreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

OMG! This kept me wanting more. I can't wait to continue the rest of this series. 

So cool and I love it. 
please check the trigger warning's listed below. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

hilary89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

I liked the story fine but the male narrator really ruined the audiobook for me. His voice for Rika was so cringey it totally took me out of the story. I think I’ll continue the series at some point, but just read it on my kindle instead.

Also docking a star for the constant and obnoxious song references. Note to authors: no one is impressed with your (in this case, terrible) taste in music. Moreover, name-dropping songs totally takes readers out of the moment. If they don’t know the song it adds nothing to the scene, and worse, if they do know the song and dislike it then that can ruin the scene. Show us the type of music with your description rather than telling us the exact name of the song. Unless it’s a universally known artist, but still leave the song up to the reader’s imagination, ie. “A Bob Dylan song came on over the radio.” Name-dropping song titles just makes your writing sound super amateur.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Grief

bluedreamgirlco's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

I'm surprised this man didn't catch acute torticollis with the amount of times he was jerking his fucking chin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, and Alcohol

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

3.75

Fairly well written and an interesting plot with a lot of dark elements emotionally/psychologically. I liked the points where Rika and the Horsemen worked together and were bonding, and I loved the elements of Kai & Michael. The push and pull with Michael was hot but a bit frustrating at times with him being so emotionally constipated. Overall an easy read with a suspenseful and spicy plot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

kittykels's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.75

The writing wasn't terrible, but somehow this story still fell really flat. Despite all the crazy excitement happening, I was bored. The characters weren't very likeable and I LOATHED the endless name-dropping of random songs. I don't care if I like the songs or not, I hate when authors do this. It takes away from the story instead of adding to it. 

I read this for the spice and the drama, but the spice wasn't great. The writing suddenly turned bad during those scenes, with terrible word choice and descriptions. 

I won't continue the series and doubt I'll read anything else by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death