Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

DARK ROMANCE by Penelope Douglas

89 reviews

carley4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Incest, Death, Blood, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Addiction, Cursing, and Sexual content

katkfern's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

idk what I just read. The "misunderstanding" was pretty obvious from the get-go, meanwhile revenge is all these guys talk about. I didn't really see Erika's kinship with the guys either - from just one night of hanging out? Also, the descriptive death of a dog in the epilogue was suuuuuper not necessary and left a terrible impression right at the end. Oh, but this was another one where the narrators were just awful and possibly ruined the book for me. (Plus Michael is one of the least sexiest names...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death

chels984's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Death, and Death of parent

han_olenik's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Gun violence

lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Look, there’s a lot that I shouldn’t have liked about this book. And some of it I truly didn’t (really, you’re going to forgive all that at the drop of a hat?!). But I still had a hell of a time reading it and will definitely be continuing on with the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Incest

gloriaexcelsis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Violence

riosblu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I’m conflicted. Screw men, but can I have some more of them? So many emotions, so much anger at ignorant entitled men but I couldn’t put the book down. Would I recommend this to everyone? No, but the people I would recommend it to already know who they are. To them I say, stay toxic and enjoy the shit show, I sure did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Ableism, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Police brutality, Car accident, and Animal death

taylorjade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

thmallory's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, Car accident, and Addiction

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

i DNFed this 2 years ago so maybe it’s true what they say about distance making the heart grow fonder😭 i really liked the writing style and the book in general flows a lot better than most DR i’ve read. i’m not obsessed with the main characters but they weren’t as annoying as i expected considering the reviews. i stand by finding michael creepy tho i just find it endearing now! i think the whole motivation for the guys bullying her was kinda stupid especially with the reveal but i love OTT and ridiculous DR when it’s done well and this is a decent example of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death of parent, Rape, Stalking, Animal death, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship