Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance by Jennieke Cohen

7 reviews

jennygreen's review against another edition

dark lighthearted medium-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

It was a good romance book but the ending of the book was surprising. Not a good surprise. It made the rest of the story confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: War and Violence

nisha_27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Murder

raven_snow's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.5

It was cute! As of right now, I don’t think I’ll revisit this book. It was a nice, but not a standout read. When I picked it up, I saw that it was an “Austentacious romance.” I understood that to mean that it was influenced by Jane Austen and would probably be a witty, light-hearted romance with light angst and a happy ending. I would say that’s mostly the case, (albeit with more angst), but the Jane Austen references were fairly excessive. Every single chapter contains a Jane Austen quote at the beginning, and references throughout. The characters discuss Jane Austen’s novels at length, too. It’s too much.

I’ll add more thoughts later if I have the energy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Classism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, and Gun violence

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Rape, Death of parent, Slavery, Body shaming, War, Colonisation, Murder, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

lyricallit's review

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

ironically the book becomes more Radcliffe than Austen

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape and Murder

meganlowe87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

A great book.
A little *too* Austen-centric, with at times it being too much and too distracting. I also felt at times Vicky was so naïve to hold to the books so tightly.
But I did love the twists and turns with this book.
I loved that it wasn’t a cookie cutter romance, and dealt with some heavy subjects, and some dark subject matter.
There is a trigger warning for domestic abuse here, so be warned.
But this is a great book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

peachmochi's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.25

TW: Assault , Rape attempt

I picked this book up and ignored reviews because I actually don't like to read reviews before books. Overall I wanted to say that unfortunately, I don't particularly like the main love interest, and the pacing towards the end is a bit stilted to say the least. However I did find the writing style enjoyable.

Now I just want to ask why the author decided that Carmichael had to become an ass and misogynist towards the end of the book so we would root for Tom, there were possibly better ways for Vicky to reject Carmichael other than him suddenly becoming all "women belong in the kitchen" in chapter 25/32. And I am a bit salty about this because I did like him better than Tom because he did treat Vicky better than Tom. Other than that I don't know why there's an attempted rape scene it just felt empty and also without reason, Dain could have simply just tried to kill Vicky and it would have made more sense. Also I get that Vicky emulates her favourite heroines or at least tries to but damn we didn't need her talking about it every other chapter. Also Susie was there for 0 reason.

Overall it's a book to pass the time with during quarantine, and certainly not an awful debut novel, even though certain plot points and pacing issues could be fixed, as the start of the book felt quite slow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence