Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Forced Bonds by J. Bree

8 reviews

liliana_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Alcoholism, War, Vomit, and Gun violence

bangiebangs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

I liked the story progression here - there is lots going on, and we finally learn more about the Resistance (except... what exactly they are resisting against? Still not clear to me). 
The rest of the bonds get completed here, though one is with... very very questionable consent (on both sides). Consent is kind of implied, but bonding also happens under pressure for one of the participants. I'm not a fan of this... even if it works out in the end. But part of the story is that this coupling is messed up for reasons that predate the events in the books. 

The small comments about body size are happening again (in all the books, and I dislike them a lot), and the more we learn about bonds the more they are all hetero somehow? Like... where are the central bonds that are bonded to people of different genders? Why is this all so straight? I feel like that's wasted potential in this universe. 

Am already reading the next one and will finish the series, but these basic problems run throughout (occasional fuzzy consent, heteronormativity (even if yes, there is a token gay character), body image). The plot itself is interesting and I'm enjoying the twists, though. Also, the spice is pretty good, would give a 4/5 (esp recommend if you like multiple participants, I just wish they would also interact with each other, not just the MFC, because again, wasted potential...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Death, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Grief

questionable consent

taylormaria's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

4 ⭐️. how on earth could someone build up all this tension between two characters just to kill one off. i know that for sure the death of nox will break oli.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Domestic abuse, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Gore

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Ummm what? Ok, thank god Oli finally bonds with Gabe, the poor boy was being left in the friend zone for way too long. But are we just gonna ignore what happened with Riley and Giovanna?? What about Sage? Also the ending needs to change asap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Body horror, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Vomit, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

peeshy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Gore, Grief, and Vomit

lotte5322's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Death, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

aishadurand's review

dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder