Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

12 reviews

sarahfeller's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Sexual harassment, Violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

k8lynn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

a fucked-up love story.
not what i expected, a little disappointed, but overall i enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

micado's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Animal death

ephemeral_remi's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Rape, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

annareadz's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Rape, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

rorolovesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I really loved this book, it had me on edge. I loved Erika but not Michael for everything he did to her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

gswagatron's review

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

whitegirldriver's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Stalking, and Gaslighting

katiekaiser's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was pretty good, but not amazing. It’s definitely my least favorite Penelope Douglas book I’ve read so far. I think the main problem that I had with it is that I didn’t find the characters overly likable or relatable. I also think that the book could’ve been a little bit shorter, although I really liked the end. I think the way a lot of the story played out made sense. This book is VERY spicy. I’d recommend 18+. I feel like some things were under developed in favor of the spice. However, it was a good read overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

lady_escapism's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.0

I forced myself to not DNF this book. I understand that this book is supposed to be a dark romance, but this takes it a little too far in my opinion. The four MMC characters are all terrible people.

They threatened to kill the FMC and the MMC was going to let it happen for an injustice that they had no proof she committed.

The MMC emotionally manipulates the FMC constantly and every problem they have either gets brushed away with a weak apology or sex. I am stopping the series here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, and Incest