Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Predator by RuNyx

11 reviews

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

Morana, the genius daughter of a Mafia lord, has created a super code that was stolen. Suspecting it was stolen by the elusive and lethal Tristan Caine, the only non -blood member in a rival Mafia family, Morana infiltrates his house intent on killing him and stealing back the code. But something bigger is going on and these two enemies must put their hate aside to fight it. 

I am not a huge fan of 3rd POV.  I wish this had been in 1st and dual POV, it would have been so much more interesting. 

Morana is apparently a genius. I guess this is a case of book smart but not street smart. Seeing as she is a "certified genius" and Mafia daughter, she sure makes some very poor decisions. We are meant to see her a strong and fierce, but she really isn't. 

Tristan's backstory is extremely horrific and that explains why is is the way he is. It would break most people, but it just turned him deadly. This could have made for very interesting character development, sadly he was petty one dimensional and boring. My take away is that he has beautiful blue eyes and whisky voice, as we are told 10000x. 

I thought the idea behind the plot, with the code, was interesting. But it quickly fell to the side as so many other things were introduced and made the plot super messy.

the missing girls, the impending Mafia war, the romance, escaping her father etc...

I did like Dante and Amara and am interested in their book! 

Tropes: Mafia, enemies-to-lovers, dark romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Torture, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

4.25

Its was definitely interesting and a new kind of mafia book. Exciting to see the new developments. This was definitely kind of a repetitive book though and literally nothing seemed resolved even with more books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Confinement, Stalking, Child abuse, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Cursing, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

cait_0310's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

(No spoilers) 
I was in a bit of a reading slump and nothing was helping. But then I found this book and I almost stayed up all night to finish it, it was that good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Grief, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

shinyfox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

Lots of staring happening in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Torture

Minor: Trafficking

Drug use - character has their drink tampered with

lauramparis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

princessofhelios's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

I personally didn't really like the book. The FMC keept on making stupid choices, and the plot wasn't really that great. I couldn't connect with Amy of the characters. The smut was mediocre. I will not be reading the next part in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Death, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, War, and Vomit

musicalbibliophile's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

i had better expectations i think the way everyone talked about this book but everything seemed to happen so fast with not much development. I am intrigued enough to continue on to the next book in this series to see how their story ends. All in all a solid 3 star, I liked it, I guess but I didn't love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse and Trafficking

kaceereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

it’s 4am but there’s no way i’m going to bed after THAT. if you told me at the beginning of the book that i’d be crying by the end i simply wouldn’t have believed you, but here i am with tears in my eyes raving about how this is one of the best pieces of literature i’ve ever read. will my opinion change after a few hours of sleep? i could not tell you. i feel like i have so much to say but most of it is just screaming. also like i said it’s 4am, i’ve been reading all day, and my brain is fried. 

my heart aches for both morana and tristan. mr. vitalio and mr. maroni both need to rot and i stand by that. ugh i don’t even know what to say but this book made me feel things. it was so intense all the way up until the last page. the last chapter though was beautiful yet nerve wracking. i love morana and tristan. i love this book. i cannot tell you how excited i was to find that their story continues in the next book. 

okay so i knew he wasn’t going to k!11 her (right???) but like i was still on the edge of my seat.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Torture

lianareadss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

holy mfing fuck that was one hell of a ride. what the actual fuck was this book? (in the best way possible) i could not put this shit down for 3 hours straight its all i've been doing pls what type of crack did runyx write this book with because it should be fucking illegal??????? safe to say im completely and utterly obsessed. with TRISTAN MF CAINE, with morana, with the plot that only gets more complicated, ALL OF IT!!!! all i could think about while reading this is that i need to know what happens next. this is genuinely the type of book i'd think about reading during the day, no exaggeration. the build-up, the tension, the slow burn all of it was fucking impeccable. tristan and morana are the epitome of TRUE enemies-to-lovers, like literally knife to throat and complete LOATHING. it gave everything it needed to give from all aspects i could not rate it any lower even if i wanted to. look up tws before reading this one and jump into it blind trust me it makes it ten times better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content