Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Desperate Measures by Katee Robert

7 reviews

reesealexandra's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Oh boy. Do I feel like Katee Robert tapped into the not so secret hots for Jafar I’ve carried for like, ever? Yes, but also no.

Pros:
- some nicely written CNC. I know it’s not for everyone and there are folks who will never think it’s consensual, but it’s a favourite trope of mine and this felt truly consensual. 
- Jafar is hot - he’s even hot in the Disney version and I stand by that
- Jasmine in a red dress 
- the scene with Meg was pretty hot I guess?

But, cons:
- I didn’t really get the world. Were there rival gangs? What was the city, and did it have like a government, or what? I found it hard to believe Jasmine couldn’t escape for how many years if she was so smart at

coding and hacking.

- I love Hades and Meg and I thought their relationship was described really weirdly. Maybe they were being set up for a future book, but it was just bizarre
- how many times Jasmine was just

full on naked. Idk, just odd

- daddy/baby girl really does not do it for me. I can appreciate a dom/sub thing but daddy? Once or twice, sure, but every time? Gives me the ick
- if there was a reference to the scene where Jasmine was literally chained to the wall eating an apple and spitting it in Jafar’s face, I couldn’t find it. That scene is dripping to be adapted for erotica fr

Apparently I have a lot of feelings about Jafar smut. Maybe AO3 would be more fulfilling 👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Gaslighting

woad674's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Sexual violence, and Blood

Minor: Emotional abuse

madamenovelist's review

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault and Alcohol

This book has semi-dubcon of sorts between the MC and love interest (the kind where the heroine doesn’t want to ask or give permission for her wants at first so she can still feel like a good girl). There is one stolen kiss forced on her by the antagonist and descriptions of being hit, but these instances are brief. All else in the book is consensual.

book_cryptid99's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

morganalexusr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

1.0

It isn’t bad if you want a book that has no plot but a lot of random dark, spicy sex scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Murder

veryvexatious's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

After reading the dark Olympus series, this one didn’t really live up to the same quality but I still enjoyed the book. I’m hoping now that the characters have been introduced that the story will pick up more like the dark Olympus books did. The smut was a lot sexier but use of the words “daddy” and “baby girl” made me cringe massively. Still looking forward to the rest of the series and hopefully it improves a little bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

readwithde's review against another edition

dark fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, and Death of parent