Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Dom by S.J. Tilly

23 reviews

give_me_kidrauhl's review

sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Suicide, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

gelslitreviews's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

moodreadmoonchild's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

So so good. definitely has the most plot and character development so far in the series. Dom is definitely the most “grey” of the alliance men and has to work the hardest to earn the love & forgiveness of the FMC. The plot is much more significant in this book than Nero & King. Nero was mostly smut, some dialogue in between. King is still mostly smut but there is a bit more plot, story, and character development. This book still has a lot of spice but it’s actually mostly plot & story. The climax is built up to and it’s great to see the FMC & MMC’s relationships outside of them two progress. My heart went out to Val and i loved reading about her healing journey. Definitely would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Car accident, Grief, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Addiction

most are on-par for a dark romance but i do want to give a bit more info on the ones that are not “standard” for the genre. These are non-spoilers. Panic Attacks - FMC has panic attacks that you read through in first person. read through her thought process and also her grounding practices Body Shaming - mostly historical & off-page except for one quick comment made by a person about the FMC while not in their presence Suicidal thoughts - not ideation, brief and rare. Suicide -historical, not fully on-page but not fully off-page either. this is the only one that i will go into that could be minor spoilers but do want to give proper warning & will note what chapter to avoid

FMC finds person who has committed suicide & states how it was done. Story not told while in her POV. After than, mentioned twice very briefly and not in detail. if you want to avoid, stop reading in chapter 53 when FMC is detailed her packing her bag to leave back home. skip 1 page and then you can continue.

hellxriver's review

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Not enough angst
And I really don't like the pregnancy trope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

erinmd156's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Violence, Death of parent, Torture, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Trafficking and Medical content

shanzzie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse

mmkn_99's review

dark emotional fast-paced

2.25

Hot sex does not make up for kidnapping or the red flags here. Could’ve been really good, but no amount of hot man and plus sized woman love could make up for the craziness of the male lead. Yes I finished the book, and I want to read the next one, but I stand by book #2’s review. Book #1 was best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse

rickireadss's review

4.0

Y'ALL-- this one was a wild ride!! i wanted to fall in love with dom in the same quick way i did with nero and king, but it took me a minute.

like i LOVED HIM in the beginning, but after the betrayal of las vegas and then he like exposed all that he had done, i was PISSED off. like i was visibily so angry and had to put the book down because I FELT betrayed too. like he didn't just do that shit to val, he did it to me as well

i will say i started to come around to him after some of the sweet stuff he did, but he still threw in a little *punch* there towards the end

the changing out her BC was like a gut punch to me bc i would be LIVID bc i do NOT want kids, but i'm glad it all worked out and val was okay with it

that scene towards the end?!?!?! had my heart RACING, but man val is a f*cking badass, let me tell you. overall, i enjoyed it, had a great time, but dom really hit me where it hurts a few too many times, so king's still my favorite. i did LOVE seeing payton&nero and savannah&king in this one!!! i think i fell even more in love with both couples throughout this book.

ALSO THE FINAL SCENE!?!?!!? holy. shit. like i saw it coming but i didn't expect it at the same time iykyk.

⚠️: violence, murder, drugging (done by LI to FMC), death of parent, grief, death, child abuse, car accident, body shaming, bullying, stalking, gore, body horror, gun violence, blood, addiction, suicide, pregnancy, injury/injury detail, infidelity, emotional abuse, medical content, vomit, torture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Death, Murder, Body horror, Grief, Torture, and Child abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Suicide, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity, Stalking, and Pregnancy

joifulreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

torilovesheas's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

I genuinely want to like this series but I seem to go through the same pattern of "oh this is great!" in the first 30% and then the rest of the book falls down for me. 

My biggest problem is how interchangeable all of SJ Tilly's FMCs are. They're all insecure with no spine and bemoan that there fat constantly. It's the same character over and over with a different name. I just want one fat FMC from her that is confident and doesn't hate herself. 

Dom was kinda unlikeable in a "oh he for sure cheats on her after the book ends way". He's going out of his way to make his insecure wife iealous and didn't really seem to care that much about her other than sex. Idk this one didn't work for me at all. I ate the birth control manipulation up. Everything else was... certainly words on a page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Fatphobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, and Emotional abuse