Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Sinner by Shantel Tessier

33 reviews

mard3ytv's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Good lord, you better hang on cause it is a wild fucking ride. I can’t believe I finished it, but I did. 

If you like “DARK just for the sake of it being dark I bow down to you. I was having a hard fucking time after the plot twist when we found out that Elli’s dad was a fucking twin!! Good gracious 🫢 I should have been expecting it since it was so off the walls crazy!! I was intrigued by Elli but it started getting crazy after all of the drugs she had… that girl would be barely functioning… she’s not that big. Anyway, Sin & Elli were alright… I just wish there was more things in it that made sense.  Spice was fine 👍🏾 

Spice was definitely there, and if you are into forced intimacy this is probably the book for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

katto06's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

siffpedersen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

lexrae33's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

skooterpike's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I enjoy dark romances, but this one was almost TOO dark for me. The books depicts practically every trigger surrounding sex, toxic relationships, drug/alcohol abuse, and physical abuse. The story underneath all of the violence was enjoyable and interesting, however, I wouldn’t recommend if you don’t enjoy copious amounts of graphic physical and mental abuse and/or sexual violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

lauraschuhmann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

okay so first of all i definitely loved the mentions of blakely and ryat in this especially in the ending!! we need a book for the next generation 🥺 however, i do have to say i didn’t like it too much in the beginning and there was lots of drowning and other things lol where the ritual wasn’t “as bad”. though you can see a similar pattern to the ritual for sure with  the certain way the plot went which i definitely don’t mind as it makes it seem more familiar. but let me get started on poor elli this gurl deserves everything in the world and nothing but pure happiness. the amount of things she went through?? she’s literally so strong. also sin you little bastard. i love you but why did use her trauma for please??? she needs to be able to differentiate and i now she was messed up from all that but still you could have been the one to help her with loving the abuse. anyways, i don’t know if i liked the ritual more than this but i do know that this is “only” 4 stars due to some of the things that happened in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

liber_draconis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mhairi_reads's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
POV: Dual - Sin & Elli

Easton “Sin” Sinnett and Ellington “Elli” Asher were born into a secret society run by the Lords. They grew up together and have been raised to carry on the next generation. We follow Sin and Elli, now students at Barrington University. The host of the Lords secret society. 

Successful Lord graduates go on to become the next generation of powerful, elite leaders across the country. Ladies are essentially a Lords for the taking, raised to be obedient lap dogs.

Sin as a Lord is more than happy to abide by the rules set forth by the Lords. Elli, unfortunately saw the dark side of the society. She has been trained for the wrong reasons and has had an absolutely horrific upbringing - I felt so incredible sorry and protective of her. The experiences she had growing up and the things she was made endure were abhorrent.

Sin wants Elli and he will have her, one way or another. But if he wants Elli he needs to face the consequences. Sin is possessive of Elli bordering on obsessed. He claims her as his, kills for her and quite literally brands her only to continue to break her heart time and time again. One minute he loves her and the next he’s saying they belong to other people, talk about whiplash.

This was an emotional rollercoaster!! Literally from the very beginning. I felt so many emotions. At times I was sad, others I was disgusted. I went from absolutely livid to moments where my spine tingled. I do feel as though the dark elements of this book really took away from the overall story. The romance was hidden behind Sin’s sadist tendencies and Elli’s need for degradation and humiliation.

⚠️ Content Warnings: There are genuinely too many content warnings to list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy