Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Emperor by RuNyx

9 reviews

alessiasettembrini's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Blood, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Trafficking, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Domestic abuse

musicalbibliophile's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

meh. Idk everything was moving fast and idk if I really saw their relationship develop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Blood and Violence

kaceereads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

DANTE AND AMARA! soulmates. meant to be. chained together by that red string of fate. THIS was a very emotional journey. i knew it was a forbidden love story, yet i was still sitting there screaming, crying, throwing up when they couldn’t be together. runyx, you have once again gotten me into a chokehold. 

i loved dante in the first two books and the emperor confirmed that he is in fact the most husband to ever husband. a man who is in tune with his emotions and will do anything for the person he loves? exactly. and my dearest darling amara. my sweet girl. my heart absolutely broke for her. i don’t want to spoil anything but let’s just say there were several times where i wanted to jump into the story and give her a big hug. also let me just add that i think i’m the biggest vin fan like runyx if you ever want to write a little spinoff story with him feel free to use me as inspo for the fmc. 

this book wasn’t as suspenseful as tristan and amara’s story, but it held so much emotion and was just as heartbreaking. while i did enjoy dante and amara’s story, i kind of thought that the book drug a bit at the beginning. i liked that we got to see dante and amara as kids and how their friendship blossomed into romance, but i think that since the ending of the reaper was so intense and left me with so many questions i was ready to jump straight into unraveling what happened next. i am glad that we were able to see dante and amara evolve both as individuals and as a couple though because it gave me the chance to better understand them. 

NOW…… it wouldn’t be me if i didn’t point out how cute tristan was throughout this book. i loved the little peeks of his friendship with dante and the subtle ways he took care of amara. AND THE TRISTANMORANA CRUMBS. i love them. 

also loved that we got little hints of alpha and the shadowman because now i’m dying to read their books!

i love this series !!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Slavery, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

lianareadss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

after the predator and the reaper, i was on such a high i thought this one would no doubt be just as good. i loved amara and dante's story, but this book felt like it was missing something the first two books in the series had. the insta-love, the weird age gap when she was younger, the lack of development in their relationship, and the cringey dialogues at some points brought this one down a few stars in my book. i still enjoyed it, just not as much as i thought i would.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Torture, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Rape

courtneyhope21's review

challenging dark emotional

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Trafficking, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

whatjasread's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

• i don't think i'll ever be able to summarise just how much i love dante, absolute golden retriever wholesome best friend energy, but also massive 'this is my queen and i'm the king and touch her you'll die' energy
• so so dark, but so so good
• the mouth on this man, good lord sir
• lorenzo maroni is a slimy skeeze
• loved the little snippets of tristan and morana my LOVES
• the MOUTH on this MAN good LORD sir
• dante as a sculptor? what those hands do?
• THE MOUTH. ON THIS MAN. GOOD. LORD. SIR.
• tristan and dante = bros but never before ho...t wifeys.
• runyx is the reason for my bankruptcy i hope y'all know

TWs: suicide (before book), torture, ableism (autism), child neglect, mention of destructive fire, mentions of HP, kidnapping, mention of forced marriage, blackmail, murder, graphic violence, mention of rape, hospitalisation, scarring, mutism post torture, PTSD, depression, miscarriage, dubious consent, mention of missing sibling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Torture, Miscarriage, Violence, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

Moderate: Ableism, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Trafficking, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Child abuse

tdcheek's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, Suicide, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

masajankovic's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Trafficking, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

sam019's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

A good continuation of the series! I got bored about half way through though. I'm not sure if it's because there wasn't much tension between the two main characters and they got together very quickly or because the book started of very intense. Could have also used some comic relief and I'm really not very sappy so I cringed at the sappy parts, which there were quite a few of unfortunately. That being said, my interest came back quickly because the plot and the mystery is just so good! All in all, a good book! Want to rate it higher because I am in love with this author but I'm just super picky. Looking forward for the Finnisher to be released! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, Trafficking, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Torture