Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

6 reviews

myreadingdream13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

1.0

There were some interesting ideas brought up (briefly).
I expected violence, I've read all the trigger warnings ahead of time, and I can stomach a lot of stupid melodrama, enemies to lovers is in my top five tropes. From the summary, the book sounds fine. But I hated it from start to finish. 
Plot-wise the biggest criticism is the gratuitous amount of trauma and suffering. It's so excessive it becomes funny because every sad thing imaginable has happened to these poor characters. 

By the end of these 500+ pages nobody changes, not really. All of the eating disorder stuff is unresolved. Clay's internalized homophobia just disappears. Clay and Olive seem like a horrible couple. Mind you I didn't expect them to be in a healthy relationship but their good moments are okay. Their bad moments are jail worthy, I found myself angry at the author and her team. 

 
A deeply 2014 Tumbler reading experience.

Writing wise a lot of plot points get dropped and forgotten, probably like 70%. The tone is wack, going from depressing to flirty way too quickly. The pacing is lousy. Some scenes will drag on without an apparent need for them to last as long. On the other hand, a lot of moments felt cut off because we would switch POVs and it is another day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Bullying, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Incest, Addiction, Rape, Self harm, and Cultural appropriation

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

jenarae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Cancer, Drug use, Incest, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

marinagray's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

sovppy's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious fast-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

4.5

WLW ENEMIES TO LOVERS✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

morgan_cdx's review against another edition

emotional tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Body shaming, Blood, and Kidnapping