Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Chosen by Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

2 reviews

ohlookshinee's review against another edition

1.0

 Only adding a review on another book in this series to touch on two things: one, it was clear in each sequel that the authors thought extremely little of their readers as at least 1/4 of each book was just reminding the reader of things that had already happened, like we couldn't remember the tiny bit of plot development of each book. I will add my second point under content warnings and hide it as a spoiler but I encourage anyone considering reading or letting their child read it to open it first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

In book two a twenty five year old professor started flirting with the sixteen year old main character. In book three they "make love" but let's call it what it is, statutory rape. And the protagonist is painted as being in the wrong for "cheating". Except for the professor eventually being revealed as having seduced the MC at the behest of the villain, it is never made clear how inappropriate his behavior would be even if he wasn't working with the "bad guy". So statutory rape is only bad because he lied about why he approached her, and she's still in the wrong because she got raped while she had a boyfriend.

leahkristin's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

3.0

This one had the same language issues as the rest of the series so far. I had hoped that the language use would get better, and that the characterization did not hinge on so many stereotypes, but there was a lot of that here. I am so frustrated with this series, because with some major editing, this could have been so good. 

Stevie Rae and Aphrodite saved this one for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape