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christinabrunette's review against another edition
- 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
1.0
Even if you out the blood libal, antisemitism, rape, lack of consent, and clear dog whistles aside…It’s just not well written! But also like why the fuck would you put any of that aside??!?! The characters lack true depth, make choices that go counter to their backstory and development (which them gets written off as some primal instinct they unlock in each other, and the pacing and plot felt unplanned and like things were shoehorned in or dropped into the plot to suit random whims.
Listen I’m all here for everyone having their smutty good time and not into yucking other people’s yum but there has to be a line y’all. And this just ain’t it. I even read the whole thing just to give it a fair shake it’s just soooo bad.
Graphic: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Antisemitism
lolalastname's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
To paraphrase Tyra Banks “It’s so bad I want to give you a zero. But that’s not possible, so I give you a 0.25.”
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Vomit
mickeygod's review against another edition
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Trafficking
serenareadsx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Stalking
kamm123's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
mcup89's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
karebear921's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Stalking
Moderate: Gun violence, Antisemitism, and Trafficking
Minor: Emotional abuse
danni_0412's review against another edition
First of all the characters are very one dimensional. I didn’t care about Adeline, Zade, Daya etc. They had good one liners, but that doesn’t make for good character development. With Zade in particular, you can see this phenomenon. Essentially, he’s supposed to be a non-self aware good guy. But really, it felt like I was reading from two different characters.
Even with the trigger warnings, I found the flagrant abuse a bit much. Also this author tends to write tropes that promote negative representation to those with mental illnesses (seen in both this book and the novella Satan’s Affair.)
The book is also very bloated. This book did not need to be over 500 pages. I found myself skimming most of the filler and not even missing a beat. The book needed an editor badly.
In conjunction with the books being bloated, the prose is insanely boring. I felt no emotion from this book other than disgust at Zade. The smut couldn’t even keep me interested because I disliked the writing style and the characters so much. It was dry like the Sahara.
Normally, I tend to soft dnf books because it’s just not the write time. However, I am hard dnfing this book. I literally do not care about what happens next nor am I emotionally taken with this book. It was really just bleh.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Antisemitism