Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

There Are No Saints by Sophie Lark

67 reviews

riella_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcohol, Body horror, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Stalking

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

smcrain's review

adventurous dark fast-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

4.25

This is a serial killer AU, and like most or almost all serial killer setups requires some suspension of disbelief. Reader must be ready to allow for some stretches like the police are incredibly incompetent, DNA and forensic science doesn't exist, people and bodies are easily unalived and disappeared with very little or no curiosity/questions or investigation. Okay that makes it sound terrible but I really love these kind of dark romances so I will allow it. I was invested enough to keep turning the page. Admittedly as an art school kid the characters all being artists gave me a huge laugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

serial killer AU, toxic MMC, obsessive MMC, possessive MMC

hapalyn's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The book would've been a lot more riveting if the conflict and main point of plot wasn't so simple and somewhat bland. It definitely feels a lot more like a character study of a serial killer and his muse (much like "You", but without the intellectual charm). I found aspects to be really enjoyable and then found myself like "WTF did I just read", but not in a great way? I think the backstory of the FMC was a lot to unwind, and I enjoyed seeing her overcome some of it, but in the sexual manner that she did made some of it feel incredibly icky to me sometimes. I wish there had been more explanation of the MMC's nature than we were given. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Cursing, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Rape

hereiskyra's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

This was… different, to say the least. I’m finished and still not sold on Cole, though. Honestly, all of these characters range from a little bit fucked in the head to a lot fucked in the head and I don’t know who I even like. But I know I love effed up books and this one is no different. 

Mara went through some serious trauma before Cole got ahold of her (because of Cole, but that isn’t really the point here). Then, like any gentleman would, he inflicts more trauma on her because after all he is a psychopath and he doesn’t really need to worry about the lines he is crossing to get what he wants. 

I like the thriller/serial killer aspects of this book the most, definitely more than the overall romance between the two MC’s. Excited to see where we go from here.

Tropes/themes:
Stalker/Obsessive MMC

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

rachelmoss2017's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kaalex12's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

olivia_k_wood's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Death

cash_mama's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

I wanted to like this book. Cole was supposed to be complicated but turned out so 1 dimensional. Mara was just kind of dumb through the whole thing. The book started great with Mara being so strong but the more she was built, the less interesting she got. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

gottbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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 enjoyed this book. I feel like the characters are missing some character development that would really make me LOVE this book. Definitely dark. Check TW. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse