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Sick Boys by Clarissa Wild

13 reviews

thequeen77771's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use and Gun violence

rdaacvhiesl's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Spice was decent. Pacing was ok, but I just can't get over

Eve's motivation to unalive herself and how it felt that the boys just straight up replaced Eve with Penelope. For Penelope to go through so much to avenge her sister's death, and then for her to get in a relationship with the boys that her sister died over, it really doesn't add up for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

asherketchum25's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

all_things_books21's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 5/5

Wow just wow. I knew this book was dark, but I didn’t expect it to be this dark. This book has a lot of triggering topics such as suicide, torture, murder, consensual non-consent, fire play, knife play, ect. Please read the author’s note before reading. 

That being said, I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t your typical smut book that there was little to no plot or it got lost. The plot was there and a big part of this book, and the smut was a great bonus. Along with the smut being a bonus, the scenes were explicit and left little room for imagination. 

This book had some good plot twist, and some I definitely never saw of it coming. I can’t wait to start book two, and to see what happens next! I highly recommend this series, but again, please read the triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

mj_86's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Drug use and Suicidal thoughts

notamouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

1.0

🌶️🌶️🌶️.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

geagleson9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy

joceewhisner's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

Jesus Christ that was painful to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

poupimali's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

This reverse harem is a bit of a mess.
I loved the FMC because she is strong and fierce. 
The boys are well balanced in their depravity (my favorite is Alistair because he is the quiet and the sensitive one).

And yet, this is inconsistent: the sister’s story is clumsily intertwined in the history of this polyamory. 
Even if the plot itself is well thought, it escalated way to quickly without making any sense and it is too long to reach the end.

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Main TW: suicide, degradation, knife injury, blood, fire… please check all the list. This is a lot.

I am a bit disappointed.
I love the Losers series (Harley Laroux) so much that without wanting too, I wasn’t able to stop myself comparing. And Sick Boys is not worthy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Pregnancy

gingersnap23's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail