Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Misfit by Elle Kennedy

12 reviews

shadowmaster13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Delicious. Salacious. Gossip girl s1 but romance. 

I love a good outsider becomes king story and RJ is a great character to read about. I really love that the deliquent prep school environment allows RJ to find a fast group of friends without losing any of the tropes of an enemy that makes this kind of plot such a winner for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Classism

Adult/minor relationship:

A side character is very graphically but overall briefly shown seducing two teachers. He's technically 18, but the power imbalance is still present, and he is depicted as actively seeking the relationship due to his own issues.

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.75

This was an interesting read.  
While I did enjoy the underlying plot of the book, I was shocked and a bit disappointed in the ending as I didn’t see it coming nor that character being the cause which felt a bit betraying. 

Overall the way in which this book was romance was just too overly sexual for me and I wasn’t a fan of the openly detailed scenes, as they felt a bit too much and wattpad-esque. 

I guess it’s a good rec for those who like dark romance but it’s not for me at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Car accident, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

dkgreads's review against another edition

emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I liked this book, but not as much as I expected to. I’m a dialogue junkie, so the snarky banter made me giddy, and I love a good friend group/chosen family, but I feel like maybe there were too many POVs. Dual POV is my catnip, because I love getting both sides of the story, and I don’t mind multiple POVs if it’s done right, but I felt like the extra perspectives in this book took away from the main couple’s story and slowed it down for me. I will be continuing the series though, because I really liked all of the characters and their complexities and I want to see how the mystery around Casey’s accident unfolds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Death of parent, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, and Violence

skyhazzard's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-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

4.0

Therapy! All these characters need some good therapy!

It was a fun, dramatic time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, and Mental illness

booksbroadwaybubbly's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

lizaxwin's review

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

2.5

Ugh, I didn’t have very high hopes of me liking this book even though it‘s by the great Elle Kennedy and unfortunately I was right about that.  Maybe it was the multiple POVs which made it hard at first to follow the story (I mean why was Lawson‘s POV and storyline even in there? Only because sex sells, I guess.) Maybe it was the characters and their more or less worked out personalities (I mean sorry but no one had a really unique personality trait other than all of them having major daddy issues.) I feel like the only person I really liked and cared about was Casey. Conveniently, the book ends with a cliffhanger on her story and her accident. Maybe Elle Kennedy already knew this wasn’t her best work and she just had to end it that way hence people would buy the second book of the series. Another thing that really disturbed and kinda put me off where the „fights“. Wtf, uncivilised and not sexy, sorry not sorry.

I‘m really disappointed tbh. I guess her college-set stories are either more my cup of tea or just simply better written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Blood

xo_sbaby's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, Grief, Bullying, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

readasaurus_lex's review

dark mysterious medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Violence and Infidelity

lovefrom_ai's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

Angsty and gritty and emotional. Enjoyed this a lot. These kids need Therapy™️ and maybe a set of better parents lmao

The best bits:

• Kennedy does bromance so good, and this book def has that aspect I know and love from her other books.  Each guy is complex and complicated, but they’re all fearlessly loyal to one another. The banter is also 15/10 (warning for strong language tho, which for me just made it funnier)
• Each character is fleshed out and actually interesting to read and slowly learn about. The different POVs were actually fun to read. Sometimes they frustrate you since it’s not about the main couple, but in this book I found myself looking forward to the story of each character equally. And they’re all super hot which helps too ig
• The mystery element was surprising but done well, it’s not your average prep school forbidden romance, so that def spiced up the plot quite a bit. 
• Lawson was probably my favourite character just cos I don’t know if I want to be him or be with him. I also just want to give him a hug. His entire role in the book was just pure chaotic energy with that good good tragic backstory to match. ‘Twas a WILD ride and the most unpredictable of all the story lines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Drug abuse