Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Ghost by A. Zavarelli

5 reviews

belle13's review against another edition

Each to their own but this was way too messed up for me. This is not a romance sorry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Death, and Drug abuse

ddog8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book...

I honestly don't know how I feel about it. I cried a lot and got angry a lot. 
I appreciate that the perspective on how the FMC coped was a 'human" one. How things affect her, how she interpreted things and what she chose to accept. Even after everything went down with the MMC, she still accepted him for his flaws and found love in their version of a HEA. 

As a spectator, I absolutely did not believe that the MMC came anywhere close to redeeming himself. Again, understanding how his past and insecurities drive his actions, I still didn't feel that he deserved her forgiveness. 

But other than that, the writing was good. The story just dragged on a bit. I read the teaser for Rory's book and am ready to read it ASAP. 

Spice level 🌶 4/5
* I never thought I'd say it but, I think there was too much. Even though I know it was part of their healing process  I honestly just skimmed through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

erinmd156's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Child death

cocpop_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I don’t know how I feel about this book yet. I think this may be one of the few books where I would be okay if there was no HEA. This book was extremely dark and heavy. And I don’t know if there really was character growth on Alexei’s part.

I think the conflict should have resolved itself earlier and we got actual fluff from Alexei and Talia. But my heart just broke for her and him over and over again.

I also wish the author would have used trigger warnings, because this book was heavy on the suicidal thoughts/attempts. 

And it should be known that during the consensual sex, the characters involve pain play (knives, candles). It’s not every time, but the MCs initial sexual relations can be triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Trafficking, and Sexual assault

sarahbmack's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Confinement