Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods

4 reviews

chrisljm's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

1.5

Another book that belongs in the 'reasons why you can't trust strangers' category. Knew I wouldn't enjoy it right from the start and I contemplated DNFing it, but it's not really in my nature to DNF things. I honestly should've though because what if I died tomorrow and this was the last thing I read... 

I found the writing and sentence structure to be juvenile, clunky and awkward, but besides that I really can't give any criticism on any other parts of the story (plot, characters, chemistry) because I didn't care. The writing itself was too distracting for me and I believe this book would've benefited from at least another round of edits/editors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

Moderate: Xenophobia, War, Suicide attempt, Classism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm

dovahkiin_freyja's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Sexual violence

Minor: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

jadebear's review against another edition

2.0

It seems as though the author didn't plot out the book ahead of time and made the decision of who the male love interest was about 75% of the way through writing it, but then didn't go back and add in foreshadowing. It didn't feel earned, and then the ending of the book didn't feel earned either. Super unsatisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Xenophobia, Body horror, and Blood

kristakp's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The main male character is full of red flags and yeah it was predictable, but I was entertained, and I look forward to reading the second book in the series. I probably wouldn't recommend the book to anyone though lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Xenophobia