Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Bride (Walmart Exclusive) by Ali Hazelwood

5 reviews

shansbookjournal's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War

Minor: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Grief, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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There were parts that I liked about the world building, though it could have used more depth and then there was the plot which I thought was rather predictable.  It was first and foremost a romance but at times it tried to be a mystery and so it felt a bit choppy and displaced at times.  It was fine.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

vixenreader's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It’s like if “Underworld” was a Rom-Com, with less leather and more peanut butter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Abandonment, War, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol

Be aware that there is assassination attempts, allergy alerts, arranged marriages, political intrigue, and parental neglect/abuse.

filipa_maia's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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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I was not expecting to like this book as much as I did. But between the very funny female character, the very cute little sister, and the big bad wolf, this was the only book I kept reading.

I love Misery, I connected with her instantly, I loved the way she, slowly but steadily, softened herself allowing others to get in. I love Lowe. He simply left everything behind to take care of others and put everything and everyone first. They definitely deserve each other.

The overall plot was really good, I love the development of all the different characters throughout the story.

Now, for the really bad things:
* Terrible cover. Ugly.
* The sex scenes: wtf? why? Ok, you can defend that she really needed to explain how things work. Sure. But one time was enough. We don't need to read (in full detail) every single time they have sex. We get it, they are hot and have a lot a sex. There are ways of describing sex scenes that are tasteful and well written. If I know this, Ali Hazelwood definitely knows this. She just choose to ignore them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Death of parent, War

Minor: Alcoholism, Genocide, Kidnapping, Car accident

genielong's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, War