Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

166 reviews

mcathbaker's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Rape

cassidy_99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

3.5 ⭐️s: Blake and Ryat’s story was full of twists and turns, some predictable while others not so much. The 🔥 was inTENSE and often. I couldn’t put the book down any chance I got

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

morgydunn's review against another edition

Absolute brain rot. The writing felt like a horny highschool Wattpad submission. Nothing that should warrant a multiple book series…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Classism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

allymurphy's review against another edition

4.0

is this even close to a somewhat decent book? no. did I have a great time and fall in love with Ryat Archer? hell yeah I did
it lost a star due to

everything that happened with her mom at the end and that Matt didn’t have a painful enough death, it felt a little like throwing everything at the wall and seeing what stuck with not a ton of success. the rest of the book was fantastic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Rape, Vomit, and Physical abuse

Minor: Stalking

mags_reads17's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

dejanai1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Gun violence, Torture, and Sexual content

adaskam's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I have had a few days to stew on this book and I still come to the same conclusion. I simply did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would because of how much I disliked the FMC. Blakely started meh and had absolutely zero character development or progression. Her I’m weak, I’m strong routine got old fast and I just found myself rolling my eyes far too much to enjoy it. Ryat knew how to put it down 🍆, so I’ll give stars for that. Also stars for the narration! 👏 Finally, I didn’t know until this book how drugging someone in fiction land is just not my thing, who would have thought?! 🤷‍♀️ I’m listening to the next book in the series and crossing my fingers the next FMC is it! 🤞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Violence

kdb_0620's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Torture, Medical trauma, Blood, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Violence

meganlaza's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Classism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Rape, Bullying, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

cinderellaeyes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Check your TWs!

The book was great; it was engaging, the world building was pretty interesting BUT I had some issues with it as a whole.

The way the names of songs appeared throughout the book was pretty annoying. I didn’t enjoy that at all. Seemed forced and the writing became awkward. 

I wish we could find out more about Ryat’s background and why he decided to serve in the society. I wanted a bit more backstory, wanted to know more about the society itself and while we learnt a little about the society at the end, we didn’t really learn too much about why it is what it is and what’s the purpose of this. I wanted to see and understand more about the Lord and Lady concept which was honestly very interesting. I know it’s a whole series but if I were to just read this one book I suppose I won’t get the full picture of the world built.

I felt that the ending

for Matt, didn’t really do much justice. I felt like he was such a bad guy that he deserved to die a little bit more tortured than this.

My last bit is that it’s marked as a dark college romance and while they all met at school, nothing actually happens IN school. In fact they stop going to school after meeting each other so there’s that.

Blakely’s best friend Sarah also eventually disappeared

in writing, only appearing as a tool to progress the story arcs. 

I hope we get to see a book that features the kids. That would be really interesting for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment