Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Pactul by Elle Kennedy

12 reviews

aleclghtwood's review against another edition

funny 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? Yes

1.0

Why would an author take such heavy themes like rape and domestic abuse and simply decide not to deepen the subject or raise awareness, but to use as a tool to character development, like they need to have that experience to be who they are today? And even that is made poorly. And talking about character development: the only two characters in the book that she gave a personality are the main ones, the other ones are just shallow as this book as a whole - Justin, who is the main catalyst for everything in the beginning, is totally forgotten at some point, even with all the hints about his shady personality and potential he had for the overral plot. Hannah is the worst, she spends most of the first half of the book claiming that she's soooo not like other girls (istg she actually says the words at some point) because she's not interested in many guys and thinking that other girls are whores for it. Garret is actually a nice guy if you excuse the way he thinks how men and women relationships work in the first chapters, but Hannah and the narrative treats him like some sort of savior and I think it's disturbing when we are talking about a rape victim. She's not a strong female character when she needs to degrade other women to feel better about herself and needs the help of a man to overcome a trauma. And about the domestic violence, it was written a little better, but when Garret

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sees that Cindy is a victim, he tells that "it's not his place to intervene"??? WHAT THE FUCK??? It felt so ooc after everything his mother and him went through.

I understand why we would like this book when it was released in 2015, but right now? I thought we're over the pick me trope, disappointed to see we aren't. The only thing I hope could be good were the smut scenes, but not even that, they're just a few and not satisfying. I started this book with low expectations, but it was worse than I thought, hope I never read Elle Kennedy again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Minor: Grief

vj_thompson's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Drug use, Bullying, Mental illness, and Blood

lilyyyy_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Body horror, Grief, Medical content, and Rape

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one character (Hannah) was raped and doesnt like drinking in public as doesnt trust she wont get raped again. the other main character (Garrett) looks after her drinks to make sure shes ok. she went to therapy afterwards, also sees someone who testified against her saying shed given consent.

eule's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Basic romance. Very cute. Deals with rape and sexual abuse. Good smut, still to little. Guys, take notes from Garrett Graham. If all of you would act like him, the world would be a better place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

zc2's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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? No

3.75

I hate his father end of story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Blood, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

megcarrick's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Death of parent, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Cancer, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Violence

andriaspyrou's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood and Death of parent

sinilukee's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, and Rape

Minor: Cancer, Blood, and Death of parent

kathrinellis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense

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

3.0

Unfortunately this book was not as captivating and good to me as expected and I will not continue reading the series. However, I felt as if the second half was way more interesting and it was nice to see the characters’ developments. Additionally, the topics it tackles are important and I believe many college students can relate to them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Alcohol, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

ashley_1206's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-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? No

4.0

4-4.25⭐️ this was my school read but did i end up reading this outside of school AND in my history class. yes yes i did.

okay first off let me get this off my chest. i love garrett graham. literally love him to pieces. every man should be like him. garrett graham can sweet talk to me all day and i wouldn’t complain. i mean. you CANT complain.

hannah was such a fun mc. like i would hang out with her AND i want to hear hannah sing. i literally need to know what the hype was about. because you’re gonna tell me she’s fine, can pull, and can sing. 

also i loved my side characters. y’all know how much i love my side characters. freaking tucker and logan have my heart idc. and allie was a real one.

anyways this book was a really cute NA book and addressed a lot of issues like (tw: abuse and rape) it was a very memorable book. now will i be reading the other books in the series??? oh no definitely not i appreciated this as a stand alone :) garrett graham supremacy <3 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, and Death of parent