Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

102 reviews

notamouse's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

🌶️🌶️🌶️.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Violence, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

perksofem_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The first half of the book basically every single character annoyed me but once I got to the mid way point after pushing myself to continue it got better. This is definitely for those who love a dark romance book. I'm still tipping my toe in the genre which is probably why I didn't devour this like so much of booktok has said. I still haven't decided if I want to continue the series but if I do I might just read Kai's story and that's it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

sarahfeller's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Sexual harassment, Violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

minuee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

sissi27's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I don’t get how the author messed up to give Ricka or Micheal any personality in the span of 500 pages.
Some of the scenes were so disturbing and the lack of trigger warnings confuses me. 
Other than that, the only redeemable characters were Will, Alex and Noah but he vanished for the entire novel after being mentioned for maybe 10 pages.
The epilogue was also one of the worst I read in a book because it made me hate Micheal even more. Speaking about him, the only thing he was doing in the whole damn book was gritting his teeth, slamming her against a wall or yanking Ricka’s hair in order to make out with her. How can anyone be that horny and unwell to enjoy this sort of treatment?

I hated how Ricka was underage (16) in the flashbacks and Micheal was 20! I couldn’t see past the inappropriate age difference 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Animal death, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident

k8lynn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

a fucked-up love story.
not what i expected, a little disappointed, but overall i enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

backitupmoony's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Drug use, Incest, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

emilygibbs's review against another edition

dark fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Rape

souris_de_bibliotheque's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Animal death

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence