Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Gods & Monsters by Janie Marie

4 reviews

illurielle's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cancer, Sexual assault, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Child abuse

readingwiththeroberts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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? Yes

4.5

 I loved this book so much! It literally has everything in it. You want apocalypse? Got it. You want vampires and werewolves? Got it. Greek mythology? Got it. Christian tales? That too. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table? You guessed it!

This book combines everything so well and there wasn't really any dull point in the book for me. I am loving the romantic side of this story, but that's not all there is to it. We get to see Jane lose her family and see how she copes with it. As well as finding a new family that opens their arms to her and accepts her as she is.

What you get:
~ A vampire knight that believes Jane is his soul mate
~ Death himself having a bond with Jane
~ Lucifer wanting Jane for the monster inside her 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death

selsolice's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I found this book really interesting as a concept, but I don’t know if the first book made justice to the plot. I think the main protagonist Jane is a bit whiny, even though she is probably going through the worst time ever, it still is kind of annoying. Aside from Jane I really like the other characters and I find them interesting, every single one of the knights are lovable and even the bad guy is entertaining, although we didn’t see much of him in this first book. Clearly this book it’s an opening to this fantasy world and it really doesn’t give you as many answers as you might expect. Everything seems to be very surface level but I will read the next two books in the trilogy to make sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Suicide attempt, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, War, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

_avadear_'s review

I didn’t finish this book for many different reasons. The main one being the author made a response to my negative review on TikTok. They said I should not post videos or comments “like a middle schooler”. Anyways, it didn’t sit right with me that the FMC recounted their SA and then was almost SA’d right after. Especially know this was a self-insert, that seemed extremely foul. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse