Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

10 reviews

mnatale100's review

emotional hopeful relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

cardaisy's review

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I'm trying to put my finger on exactly why, but something about this book just never really clicked for me. Like on the tin it's a lot of tropes I was expecting to like, I mean, friends to lovers, forced proximity, only one bed,  demi-ace representation (probably?), all good stuff 

I think part of it is that for a significant portion of the book there was no real conflict pushing the plot along so it's really just them working through their feelings and developing their relationship, which was tender and sweet and all that, but also wasn't really enough imo. And then when there was a bit of conflict introduced it just didn't feel very compelling. Like the back and forth and miscommunication and all that just didn't work for me, and, I'm ngl, both Will and Martin really frustrated me at times

Also, I skipped over Hartley's book and I feel like there's probably some important context in that book for the start of this one?? You get the gist of it but I spent the first couple of chapters just very confused

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Torture

- reference made to a previous relationship between a minor and one of the MCs father - one of the MCs was subject to a horrific event/torture that isn't really described at all, but is referenced, and he suffers from PTSD - no drug use happens on the page, but reference is made to one of the MCs being addicted to opium - one of the MCs suffers from chronic illness (TB, but also he's described in general as having a "weak consitution" and that he was sick all throughout his childhood as well)

peannlewis's review

lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

johns6ka's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, and Classism

nicoleonbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Martin is relatable. Will is wonderful. The two together are so so so sweet, but my favorite part of this novel is the angst. I felt my heart break every time their hearts broke. I could have sat in the floor in a puddle for what this sadness this made me feel. My only critique would be that I wanted to see more pining in the beginning, from both of them. That might be my personal preference for slow burn though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, and Torture

samanatha's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-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

So sweet and wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

rey_therese07's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction and Confinement

Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

emily_mh's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

This was THOROUGHLY enjoyable. The sheer TENSION between Will and Martin was unbelievable. I loved the conversations they shared, especially their pet names for one another. And Sebastian just knows how to write angst like no other. It makes the HEA all the more sweet. Also, the chronic illness rep in this book was so good, it was so nuanced and relatable. My one critique is that Sebastian didn’t write the reactions of the characters to their situations all too well in the first half. Where was the realisation for Will that he was in love with his best friend, and where was the shock and joy for Martin when they got together?

I think that their get together moment needed to be much more sudden and all-at-once, rather than easing into it as it what happened.

The friends-to-lovers trope could have been played up so much more if these reactions were recorded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ezraaa'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Torture

Minor: Pedophilia and Death of parent