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The Sinner by Shantel Tessier

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cmpurdy's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

Sometimes you read a book and think, "help." The characters are not likeable even by dark romance standards. The fmc is constantly on drugs and/or wants to be taken advantage of. While the topic of abuse explains why the fmc is constantly seeking a high, it just felt tragic knowing she was continuously SA'd her whole life and the mmc essentially just does the same to her. Sure, it could have been her trying to take back her power over sex, but it didn't hit the mark for me. I don't think there were many sober moments for her, which made me just feel sorry for her.

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jessblibrarys's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.75

This book was too much for me.

There was too much miscommunication between Sin and Elli which made the book 2x longer than it shouod have been.

This book would've been wonderful if it was 300 pages but there was about 150 pages that I had to skim read in order to keep my sanity, which I don't like doing.

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angelinanajel's review against another edition

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There was just a lot of sex and hardly any plot or dimensionality to the characters

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curlymunroe's review against another edition

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These books take so long to get anywhere, with so much focus on the sex scenes. I have listened to dark romance, but this is just too much. I found myself FFWDing through a lot of the sex scenes, so much forced situational SA, even from a guy who says he loves the girl. In my mind, I was asking myself how much more can this girl take? I understand that these books take awhile to get to the point, but 18 hours is a huge commitment with little or no hope of something happening. I might come back to it. Not sure.

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ivyreadstoomuch's review against another edition

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2.5

Okay… this one wasn’t as fun as the first book. It was actually dark. It was 600 pages of Elli being brutalized and retraumatized and Easton made it so much worse for her.
I think I could’ve still enjoyed this book for what it was if Elli wasn’t breaking apart the whole time. Unlike the first book, this one felt firmly placed in real life. There were little fantastical elements beyond the secret society aspect. The rest of it felt like a ripped from the headlines SVU episode. Reading about Elli’s life just made me sad. She abused drugs and alcohol, she frequently put herself in high risk situations, she was passively suicidal. It was depressing as fuck to read. The first book was thrilling and exciting, and no real sexual violence happened to the FMC. I cannot say the same for Elli.

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