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jennn_3's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Rape
bashsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Chronic illness and Rape
Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Grief
-This book explores kink and consensual pain in a lot of detail.frantically's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I've truly never felt so *seen* by a book and its characters. This feels so magical realism-ish but all the characters are so real which is something we rarely see in dark academia inspired novels.
I'm not gonna talk too much about my sex life in this public review (sorry babes) but there are a lot of fascinating discussions about topics like virginity and general intimacy and it was so great. We've seen a lot of BDSM in romances but the BDSM in this book is so well researched and healthy and god, I'm so grateful we're getting beyond the Fifty Shades stuff. BDSM isn't just sex, there's so much more involved and a lot of conversations are required and all that comes across so good in this book while not feeling like a guidebook, if you catch my drift.
Also absolutely obsessed with the way religion is handled. We have Catholic characters who experience their closest link to God while recreating a Celtic ritual and priests who are still human, still experience sexual feelings. Religion can be so fluid and so personal and especially Catholicism isn't as straightforward and fixed in its rules as other Christian religions and I loved how we got to see all this represented in this book.
This is absolutely one of my new favourite novels and I was so delighted to find out it's a series — onto the next one!
Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Rape, Chronic illness, Classism, and Grief
Minor: Fatphobia and Death of parent
unicornofthesea's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood and Sexual content
Moderate: Rape, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Alcohol
krisalexcole's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Violence and Sexual content
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Incest, and Racism
jlaz_13's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, and Blood
raen99's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Rape, and Death of parent
becausebrenna's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing
Minor: Fatphobia and Rape
roseamillerg's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
my only qualm is the that the mystery plot was abandoned early on and didn’t return until the very end. (not a HUGE deal bc I wasn’t reading it for that lmao).
update: Im reading the sequel and the mystery is definitely developing further!
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders
rockemodrums's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Sexual content