Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

God of Malice by Rina Kent

68 reviews

vonalyn's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

nicole_survivor's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

wildfireontherun's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 21%

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I am SICK of dark romance stories that romanticize sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Murder

c6ro's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood

simrangrover's review against another edition

dark

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this book felt like it was written by a man

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt

macy_h's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol

mwlwk's review against another edition

2.25

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book could have been so much better without the rape scene. They destroyed the hole story. Killian wasn't likeable enough to make up for that....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

grimmuffin's review against another edition

2.0

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I read a review a long time ago. The reviewer pointed out that the more someone needs to say they are something the less they are what they claim to be. 

Killian going on and on about he is this and that was boring. I don't know if it’s great writing showing how he strokes his own ego or bad writing of “tell don't show”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual content

conflictheory's review against another edition

1.0

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straight people--do you need help? is that why was this recommended to me?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

megsbeauty's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative 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

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There is a lot to unpack here.

This book contains so many triggers, so before reading PLEASE consider them all. I understand why some readers find it extremely difficult and even DNFed it.

The reason why I personally find the book a "4 ⭐" interesting is the physiological approach and understanding of both FMC and MMC. Although most readers will describe the book as a dark romance or even a smut book, I find it more almost like a textbook for a lot of neurodivergent personalities, and mental issues. From the sociological and anthropological side, I'm impressed with the way the author described social media and the false perception it offers to society (and mostly to teens and young adults).

I will continue reading the series as I'm wondering if the author will continue with the same approach (discussing mental health as one of the most important issues of modern society).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident