Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

33 reviews

solypoly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder

saffeh's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

Southern small town and its supernatural inhabitants serving silly sexiness and early 2000's nostalgia through outdated tropes such as "I'm not like other girls" and "I can fix him". This is pure camp and I unapologetically love it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

mializa_mk's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, Racism, and Torture

ravenousrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I had seen bits and pieces of the show and wasn’t a huge fan. But the books are so much better. Really enjoyed this tale and am looking forward to reading more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cancer, Incest, Rape, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

latashman's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was enjoyable. It felt like a "guilty pleasure" while reading it. Sookie was not a very likable character due to her self consciousness, but I liked seeing her growth throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia

izzykai's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Murder mystery, vampires, romance, sexual tension, danger.. what's not to like? It wasn't perfect but it was a fun and easy read. 

Warning: 🔥medium spicy!🔥 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Blood, and Murder

tarathompson1228's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm excited that this seems to be a new comfort series for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

lilianmathilda's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

slewis0905's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I read this series in high school and absolutely loved it. Coming back  a decade later was interesting. This book is from the early 2000s and it shows. There is a lot of slut shaming and the community is racist (not just against vampires). 
It was entertaining still, but not as entertaining as I found it in high school. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Murder

Minor: Rape

thegazillionthreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

My thoughts… a bit jumbled because I’m typing this tired at 3 AM


3.5 stars or 4? 🤔

I watched True Blood at the beginning of this year, and I had a love hate relationship with it of sorts, and it may end up being the same with the books, we shall see. I liked the storyline of True Blood, but the vampires upset me often, especially towards the last seasons. But it was cool to be back in the world (even though I did it backwards lol) It was easy to picture the characters and even hear them.
   This first book I did like, I think the show followed it fairly well first season. TV Bill was a bit different than Book Bill I feel like. In the book, I did not appreciate one comment he made and then the graveyard sex scene in the book…
   But there were other times I did like him in the book.
      I will definitely be continuing the series and am excited to see where it goes, I’ve heard the show kinda changed away from the books after the first season. Plus I’m in my vampire phase. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Rape