Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

436 reviews

booknerderika's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional tense

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I heard so much hype about this series that I went in expecting a lot. That was my first mistake. Alex was way too possessive to the point that this relationship seemed toxic at the end. I was fine with it until they went to

London and he resorted to stalking and not allowing her to be with anyone else which is not healthy

. Before all that, though, the scene where Michael explained everything felt so forced it was comical. It did not flow well and I wished that had been done differently.

I felt like I was watching a bad soap opera when he slow clapped hahaha like this was supposed to be realistic fiction and that scene took me out.

There were parts that were okay, but I was more interested in the side romance that was blossoming between

Bridget and her body guard Rhys

. I'm considering reading the next book just so I can get their story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent

sevendoteight's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood

juliannereads's review against another edition

1.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was thoroughly entertained but I love hot garbage so that doesn’t say much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence

smb8701's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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so towards the end it had a somewhat predictable, crazy turns and twists. so 4 stars for that but it is most likely sure to make you feel negative at points but also warm and fuzzy inside. i enjoyed it. i'm glad i read it and that’s all that matters :) cast was diverse but in a way that’s still white centered, if that makes sense lol like no dark skinned black characters. mostly eurocentric and asian (chinese) cast. glad it wasn’t just a plain white cast and we had some different ethnicities. 

it’s a good she falls first, he falls harder. which is my fave trope. he is obsessed with her fairly quick. also love. read this for your classic cold hearted MMC who becomes obsessed with the FMC who is fairly happy and but has a dark childhood. i couldn’t put it down and read it in like 2-3 days! <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Stalking, Murder

neesa_'s review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Cute lil book. I love me some grumpy sunshine reads, it’s def one of my favorite tropes. I thought this was a good start of the series and it only gets better from here. It does have some dark moments but it’s not really spread throughout the book, but I liked how much it made you understand the characters more. It’s a good start for someone that wants to get into dark romance (even though some wouldn’t call it that) as is is pretty tame compared to other things that are categorized as being dark romance. Would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Abandonment

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Murder

savannah_claire19's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence

rororoxmysox's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent

Minor: Death

danireads01's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent

nxtalia's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Toxic af ahh book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping