Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Az ébredés by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

119 reviews

adventurous dark sad tense
Loveable characters: Complicated

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DID NOT FINISH: 37%

Horrible. These poor girls. There wasn’t one single chapter where these girls weren’t forcibly touched and groped sexually against their will. A book written by women, presumably for women… what a let down. I don’t care what arc it was leading up to for them to kick ass later… hard pass. This book just pissed me off. I’ve never DNF’d a book so fast. 

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dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I can see why people like this series since it keeps your attention and there is almost always something going on. However, I gave it a low rating because I could not get over the casual SA that happens throughout the book. I get that that's the point that "Fae take what they want" in this world, but it's not for me. 

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medium-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

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challenging funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Listen..... I grew up reading Wattpad and Fanfiction.net

I can suspend my beliefs for a great number for fictional plot lines. 

What I can't get passed is the girls being abused almost daily and still being physically attracted to their abusers!! 
The violence again the main female characters in this series is both concerning and abhorrent. It concerns me that there are younger women being disillusioned by this book into being attracted to abusive characters because 'theyre just so hot'. Very difficult to get through because the bullying is so severe.
Sure, use fairy dust to travel dimensions, that's no problem with me, but can we have a little dignity for the main characters?? Hard to believe it took 2 authors to put this piece of work together..... 

Spoiler Alert: there's literally a c-plot concerning murder and in the A-plot they are worried about a fucking school dance, I'm not making this up.

I think this series yanked me out of my adult 'romance' novel phase.... Like even Fifty Shades was more fleshed out😶‍🌫️

I HATED a crown of thorns and roses and it was still better than this.

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Interesting premise but I hate the non consensual touching

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I feel conflicted (like literally everyone who picked this book up 😭). 

I wanted a crazy-ass read and that’s exactly what this was. Half the time I was going like “huh?” And the other time I was going like “fuck.” 

For anyone who is curious about this book and is like I want to pick it up! Literally go into this with NO expectations. Everything is crazily unhinged and WILD. 

The writing style, world building, and characters are quite something! 😀

There was this one scene where one of the Twins was being asked about her ethnicity and she goes, “Our Latina looks had served us more than one occasion like this.”

I fr had to pause and ask myself, “FR?”

I swear they seem like twins that would identify as “spicy Latinas” and to that I say: 

“Mi gente Latino ✊” (ikyk). 

I don’t trust a single character in this series.

Not Orion and ESPECIALLY none of the heir boys. They’re spoiled brats that need to be kicked down SEVERAL notches. 

Also wtf is up with the lack of consent? These girls were not only being bullied BUT experiencing different forms of SA & Sexual Harassment. 

I swear to god, I had the urge to call the authorities over the lack of consent. Like grown ass professors TOO were assaulting people. And everyone just acted like it was normal, like HELLO??? 

I will continue reading since I truly am a chismosa at heart.

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