Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Wretched by Emily McIntire

108 reviews

lisashelves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Death, and Murder

gwheezey's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Gun violence, Grief, Blood, Drug use, Addiction, and Murder

eringobragh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Addiction, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

bem13's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug use, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Abandonment, and Violence

yvanngo's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

I love Evelin. I mean I'm terrified of her, but I love her... Also, the number of times their breath whooshed out of them, LOL.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

tacochelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I'd say this is the best so far of the three Emily McIntire fairytale retellings that I've read. Here, the woman is the dark part of the 'dark romance', and she kinda lives up to it. The Wicked Witch of the West is the daughter of a drug dealer and the one cooking them up. She's dedicated to her family and what she does, but she is also a little eager to kill people. It's nice to see a villain where what makes them evil isn't their sexist attitude towards women, and it's a shame that it's only because the villain is a woman. I can say this because the 'good' guy that falls in love with her says the same shit that the men in the other novels do. The tin man from the Wizard of Oz is a DEA agent going undercover to find the source of the really powerful drugs in the area and happens to fall in love with the mind behind it. He's a player before he meets her, and then all the misogynistic shit he says is magically gone because he loves her. Kinda fed up with that trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Torture, Sexual content, and Drug use

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

gracehannahh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Murder, Sexual content, Grief, Torture, and Gore

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

There is no redeeming qualities when it comes to Evie in my mind, that woman is off her rocker. I did like Nick, though, which made it more complicated. Also the spice hit well. 

Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, 3 3/4 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Body horror, Blood, Stalking, Bullying, Cursing, Abandonment, Addiction, Gun violence, Child abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

kitsunasaur's review against another edition

dark tense 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

5.0

I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about the female being the “bad guy,” but it was done so well. She was still portrayed in a way that made her sympathetic in a dark way of course. Spice was also top notch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

I consider Nessa and Eveline’s relationship like parent/child as well, since she raised her.

ricaax's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Death, and Gun violence