Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Trick by Natalia Jaster

5 reviews

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There's a lot of little quirks in the writing that make me want to give it a 3.5 star rating instead, but I found the overall story and tension so compelling that it made me want to rate it higher. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment

direguard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Deportation

emma_evr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.75

It is not enemies to lovers!!

In theory this book should have been great. Mystery, politics intrigues and romance. It’s not that, it is just a basic smut book. If you expecting that it might be a fun read.  But there is no enemies to lover in this book. The main character never see each other as real enemies. It’s more of the “ I find you really sexy and hot but I am going to pretend I don’t” and then he does something that might be a slightly mean joke to her… that it. 

If you expect some dimension and court drama, don't even bother. Just some blatant ableism that is seen as some moral dilemma at the end that feels very undeserved and it’s just there for “the drama”. The main character is so overwhelmingly the “good person” in the most boring way. 

I kept reading hoping for a bit of depth, but in the end it’s just a sassy main character with a sad backstory that loses all her spunk after meeting just some guy that is just kinda described as being enchanting and everybody falls for but had no right to be or is ever mysterious or charming  really and also has kinda a sad background story. But because she is sassy to him and that is not the norm for him they are in love. End story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism and Death of parent

Minor: Sexism and Violence

bremue's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism and Violence

jennybear86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Violence