Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Crossed by Emily McIntire

105 reviews

lovelillie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

emily never disappoints 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Bullying, Ableism, Blood, Self harm, and Rape

thefantasyworm's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

whitedaylilies's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Murder, Torture, Sexual content, Rape, Gaslighting, Violence, Stalking, and Misogyny

chloethereadingnurse's review

dark sad medium-paced

• 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

3.0

I wasn’t the biggest fan of this one…

It had a lot of tropes that I normally would love but the plot felt strange and the way the plot progressed felt wrong and unlogical 🥺 

I did like that Quinten (the little brother of Amaya, FMC) was on the spectrum and how they went about it. It showed the struggles that he dealt with and the love Amaya had for him and because this was a huge part of the story and because I liked it so much I gave it 3 ⭐️’s otherwise it would have been 2 ⭐️’s 😖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

nicolaj1994's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Gore

kats_got_your_bookstagram's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Another great book by the amazing Emily McIntire! I really wasn't sure if I was going to like this book since the Hunchback of Notre Dame has never been one of my favorites but this book was AMAZING! The love story between Cade and Amaya was so raw and pure that I absolutely fell in love with them. I also enjoyed that Quint was neurodivergent and that Emily McIntire brought awareness to how those individuals tend to slip through the cracks in society.  I can't wait to see what the next book in this series will be about!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Ableism, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, and Death

kiwij96's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

Do you ever just read something and think "why did I do that to myself?" This was that for me. I loved the author's previous books in this series, but this was honestly painful. The underlying plot was so much more promising than what the story was. I dully understand the concept behind this series, and the main characters being villains, so the story is supposed to be dark. But this was just horrifying.

The characters were 2D, the writing was often repetitive and clearly lacked proofreading with the amount of grammatical errors and repeated words, the way that Amaya's emotions were basically disregarded by everyone until the last 100 pages or so was honestly baffling to me even for a dark romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Ableism, Gore, Blood, Sexual content, Bullying, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Murder, Self harm, and Stalking

alaria_eliza's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Self harm

_distracted_by_books_'s review against another edition

This book was just too much for me. It includes too much about religion and it is just too dark for me. Murder, self harm, the bad characters have no redeeming qualities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

what_karla_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape