Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Corupt by Penelope Douglas

14 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

3.5

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

lady_escapism's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

I forced myself to not DNF this book. I understand that this book is supposed to be a dark romance, but this takes it a little too far in my opinion. The four MMC characters are all terrible people.

They threatened to kill the FMC and the MMC was going to let it happen for an injustice that they had no proof she committed.

The MMC emotionally manipulates the FMC constantly and every problem they have either gets brushed away with a weak apology or sex. I am stopping the series here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, and Incest

legendjunes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

iastlisvvt's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment