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Corupt by Penelope Douglas

44 reviews

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

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

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

aakriti_sharma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Okay so yeah this is my 4th penelope douglas book IN A ROW! It was amazing a d challenging...I really loved the character of all the boys except Damon, but its okay he has his own problems...Michael is such a sweetheart♡♡...i really wish there was a boy like him in realty exept the wrong things he did...I really want to live a life like Rika, but yeah some things were too intense to be experienced in real life. Penelope's writing is toxicating, it keeps you hooked till the end, regardless of how boring/cringe/dark you find the book...I really loved the epilouge, wrapping up the whole stor and giving it a meaning. I think what I learnt feom this book is that you should do what you dream for, not expecting anything from anyone.
Overall it was really nicely written!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

I didn’t like how

micheal never apologizes to her like it was a really traumatizing event and he straight up was like huh that sucks wanna make out? end

the whole tense plot of why are they in jail and why is it Rikas fault really had me on edge wondering what’s gonna happen next. Recommend if you like romantic thrillers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

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

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

anastashamarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

3.5/5 (TWs listed at the end, plz read)

If you take the 2006 film The Covenant, remove the magic, flesh out the plot a little more, and add smut...that's what this book is. An untouchable group of mischief-causing, incredibly attractive bad boys who enthrall everyone with their mystique. Old money posturing and politicking that leads to a revenge plot that uses the sweet blonde FMC as a pawn. Dramatic confrontation scenes that could have been resolved with a much-less-attractive, logical conversation. Some unexpectedly homoerotic tension that I don't think was intentional. The vibes are identical between the two.

And those vibes are immaculate for the first 2/3 of the book. But around 67.5%, this takes a weird atmospheric turn that I didn't vibe with as strongly. Idk how to explain it, but the storyline just didn't carry the same oomph after the 67% mark (the spicy scenes still did for sure, but I'm talking specifically about the actual storyline). It went from this hot push and pull between Rika and the whole Horseman group, to a different dynamic that I didn't enjoy nearly as much.

Also as much as I enjoyed the Rika and Michael circling each other, I really just felt bad for her the whole book because everyone around her objectively sucks. This girl deserves better than the thousand red flags surrounding her entire social circle. I hope she finds a genuine friend eventually or that at least the ones she does have treat her better.

But this was greatly enjoyable as a guilty pleasure read. I see why people like Penelope Douglas if this one was any indication, and I am going to read the next one for sure.

⚠️ TWs: lots of sexually explicit scenes, sexual assault/harassment, violence, murder, arson, gaslighting, manipulation, bullying, alcohol use, death of a parent, death of a dog (side note: wtf did this need to be in here for?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

A dog dies in the last chapter; I feel like you can just totally skip that chapter and feel like things are neatly concluded.

becflourish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dracoarys's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

i'm confused. 
i don't know if i hate or tolerate this book. i guess it was good on various aspects but some things just disgusted me (mostly damon, that man is mad). the romance was good tho and i kinda liked rika. michael is a complex character but i couldn't bring myself to like him, except for a few scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

quietmarki's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism