Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer

9 reviews

iisa's review against another edition

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

1.0

The girl is 18, legit a child, while the dude is 31. 31! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Incest

sleeping_unicorn's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Death of parent

zoemain's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

MAKE SURE you read the trigger/content warnings.
Okay, so that was way darker than I thought it would be.
I’ve never read an age gap romance before (apart from, well, Twilight and the like) and I didn’t end up enjoying it. But I won’t criticise his age because I knew what I was in for. So, every time Thayer’s hairyness was described I think a threw up a little. But apart from that the romance was fine. The only reason I was attached to Thayer was because his son Forrest was so adorable. He was my favourite character.

Spoiler

WHY THE EFF DID HE HAVE TO DROWN???

Anyway :)
Didn’t really care about the Mum or the sister but luckily they weren’t too prevalent.
There were lot of dark things in this book

Spoiler

brief mentions of past SA, Salem’s mum getting cancer, and, I can’t forget, FORREST DROWNING!

that felt really random. I don’t know why the author added these things in. They didn’t tie in well.
Anyhow, I’m not a picky reader when it comes to romances so this was fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

amgarrido's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy

marybsimp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

noveltay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t like how this book was written at first. It took me quite a few chapters to enjoy the way it was written. But once I started getting giddy about Thayer & Salem, I enjoyed it from then on out.

The age gap is odd to me, but something I could look over for the plots sake. I did think he showed a huge paternal role with the gifts and protectiveness of her! 

Check the TW before reading. Death, abuse, sexual assault, adult/minor, etc are all mentioned even if it’s brief! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

cherki_amina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

 This hurts like a bitch!
Did i ignore every trigger warner and read this book thinking it can’t damage me ? Yes. Did it break me ? Also yes.
So please don’t ignore trigger warnings before going into this one.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Rape

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

The age gap (18W & 31M) was hard for me to read. She could’ve been 20 with equally high stakes I feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

screams2331's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Cancer