Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Exalted by Anna Dorn

11 reviews

mtrics's review

dark funny slow-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

How can this be so bad but also one of the best things I've ever read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Stalking, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

ttorisaurus's review

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, and Mental illness

orangewitchling's review

dark funny 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

2.5

It’s surprisingly funny, but the characters are incredibly annoying and to top it off I heard the audiobook and I cringed with every word. It was a bit too slow for me so I skipped the whole second part lol, but the first and last part were entertaining enough. Overall, not my kind of book but the plot was so unhinged that I had to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

apoppyinthewind's review

dark funny 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

3.0

A odd book with Emily & Dawn, two characters who are pretty unlikable, have incredibly messy lives, and are completely obsessed with astrology. Yet I was pretty sucked into reading their miserable altering POV chapters. Which is impressive because I normally DNF books with characters I dislike. It hits that sweet spot between loathsome & train wrecks you can’t look away from.

Still, it wouldn’t be on the top of my recommendation pile.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

erika4america's review

challenging dark funny tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Abandonment

butlerebecca's review

funny fast-paced

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

3.25

Okay… this book was a bit of a tangle but I tore through it in under a week. 

The main characters are (intentionally) messy caricatures  — and this book has me questioning my aversion to the unlikeable narrator trope. I rolled my eyes throughout but I laughed just as much. 

TL;DR Leo & Scorpio narrators

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Violence

buckupcamper's review against another edition

• 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? Yes

0.25

this book is terrible. it's such horrible writing. i'm not completely unconvinced this is just a polished version of a bot-composed novel--an AI that was solely fed social media exchanges from millennials and garbage reality television. and the narration--egads!! it was the worst. bot-like as well. 
the frequent support for elon musk and roman polanski was an odd choice. the characters were all insufferable (with the exception of cinnamon).
just ...yikes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexism

night_shift's review

challenging funny fast-paced

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

3.0

The main characters were awful lol but this was a lot of fun. I had a funny thought as to where it was going really early on and was right 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

ecn's review

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely insane and hilarious. I hated the characters but also loved every second of this crazy ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

kairhone's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Incest, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol