Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Bad Guy by Ruby Dixon

18 reviews

dayoldtea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Rape, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

lucy3000's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Torture and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

drealovesbooks's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore and Rape

dotarvi's review

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

shinyfox's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gore, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

mjgarcia193's review

dark fast-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

4.0

I actually really, really liked this one and I did not expect to. I quite liked both main characters; Mina being broken, but so incredibly strong, and Mycrul, who found out how complicated (in a positive way) he is. I wish we would have gotten an epilogue. I gotta say I loved Mycrul's transformation when he left the jungle. I enjoyed him having the chance to discover who he was and the life he wanted. I also loved getting to meet Millie in her post book glory. I know we've seen her from time to time since, but I feel like this is the most we've seen her and I liked that we saw the cunning side of her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

abibea's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Gore, Rape, and Blood

dezzella's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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: Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

littlewishling's review

adventurous 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

I was wondering if we'd find out what was going on with Crulden and Dixon delivered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Kidnapping

katiekeske's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is a dark, monster romance between a genetically modified alien and a human slave. The male love interest, Crulden the Ruiner, is essentially a prisoner whose owner plans to use him as a gladiator. Crulden has no memory of who he is or his past. The same owner has enslaved a human woman to be the janitor of the prison block Crulden is kept in. 

If you have triggers for r@pe, you may be wary of reading this. Read the content warnings at the beginning of the book. Basically, the love interest in this never harms Mina. Her owner has no interest in her sexually either. The main triggering event I would say is

in a video that Mina watches of past Crulden the Ruiner r@ping and killing in the arena during a gladiator match. There is a plot twist that occurs later to help explain things.

I don't normally read dark romances, but this one was well done. The triggering event was pretty upsetting, and I wasn't sure how Mina and Crulden could get through it, but there is a plot twist that helps. 

I liked Mina. She's a strong character that knows what she wants and is clever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Classism

The rape and sexual violence occurs in a video that the heroine watches.