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kristanjenkins's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death of parent, Torture, Body horror, and Dementia
carolynnjeann's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Gore
labxtch's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
The way Corvina feels throughout the book is so incredibly relatable, and the style in which the author transcribes perfectly just how Corvina feels.. The words are utterly breathtaking at times. I have so many quotes saved that just hit close to home and were so dark & beautifully said.
‘Gothikana’ reminded me why “books-that-make-you-think” are my absolute freaking favorite.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Chronic illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Murder, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping
pastelbread's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Suicide
Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, and Death
Minor: Blood, Incest, Dementia, and Torture
Passive parenting, depictions of corpsesraequigley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Death, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Abortion, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders
direguard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Blood, Sexual content, Suicide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Cursing, Rape, Alcohol, Medical content, Vomit, Abandonment, Incest, and Sexual assault
hobbit_at_heart's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The whole time I thought Vad Deverel was going to end up being a vampire or something and that never happened. So that was a touch disappointing. The smut could have been a touch better, but I won't complain.
I suck at reviews, but all-in-all, a good story. Definitely New Adult vibes. At first I was under the impression that this was set in an older timeline, however it was fairly modern with random things like the use of phones and internet was stuck in. Some of the writing was kind of cringy and I sped read through a LOT of fluffy bits that simply weren't all that necessary to have even been put into writing. Overall, good book. If Goodreads would do a 1/2 star system, this would be a solid 3.5 for me but I rounded up for the sake of having enjoyed the plot twist at the end bc I never would have seen it coming. Wild ride at the end!
HEA was corny as SHIT.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Suicide, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, and Stalking
Minor: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Incest
katvou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content
Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child death, Gore, Gaslighting, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Body horror
anastashamarie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
So I honestly absolutely loved this book, despite a few nagging problems. If you like gothic dark romance and a dark academic setting, this is 1000% for you.
⚠️TWs: graphic depictions of loved ones completing suicide; explicit sexual content; student-professer; descriptions of hallucinations (possible psychosis); death
🌑 Things I loved: The dark academia setting -- immersive and majorly enthralling. The callbacks to classic gothic horror. The blurred line between paranormal and psychological. The different subplots that wove interestingly together. The passion/madness of the romantic relationship. Daddy Dom Vad.
🕯️ Things I didn't love:
🏰 Listen, maybe I'm biased because this book is exactly up my alley. Maybe it's all the years of pining to go to boarding school (I grew up in the era of the Gossip Girl and the Private novel series so it hits hard). Maybe it's that I went to a probably-haunted, very old university with all sorts of stories like these. Maybe Verenmore has me in its clutches, too. But maybe this is just a generally great book. The only way for you to know is to read it too.
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Gore
Minor: Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Child abuse
Taboo relationship (student/professer, both consenting adults)toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
i read 260 pages of this mess and it just kept getting worse. i'm counting it as read. i've suffered enough.
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, Gore, Mental illness, Ableism, Blood, and Body horror
Minor: Abortion, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia