Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

95 reviews

bookwormbarber's review

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

4.0


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jasannalise's review against another edition

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

2.5

it’s like the author read acotar and thought ok but what if feyre was a minor when she met rhys ? the intriguing plot points and magic systems took a backseat to the borderline creepy romance that could have EASILY been aged up, truly nothing “preventing” these characters from being together needed to be reliant on the fmc being 16. i will say that the concept of her being a siren was very cool! do not think her trauma was handled properly or reflected well in the text. i would say give this a miss if you’re looking for acotar vibes, they’re so similar it just shows all the shortfalls of this story specifically.

also my cat is called Desmond so that made things really weird for me personally :’)

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laurenvanags's review against another edition

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Teen with adult trope - not into it 

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wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0


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chrisljm's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-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

2.0

First of all, everyone who recommended this book is a sick freak. Because why are you people obsessing over this adult/minor grooming relationship. And even if you were to argue that they don't technically get together until the girl is an adult, it's still very strange how often they had to mention her being a "lovesick" teenager. Like that shit made me sick. It was also weird af that there was another (of lesser importance) adult male character that was dating a 16 year old girl. Although the focus was on him locking her in his basement, there didn't seem to be any criticism on him dating teenagers so it's kinda giving obsessed with grooming..

Second of all, why is a white author making a black character talk like that. It's weird enough she made her the stereotypical sassy black best friend, but the fact that the author sat there and typed "oh, naw, girl" as a part of her dialogue is kinda driving me insane. 

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katievallin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • 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

2.0


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kaadee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • 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

4.0


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katlynnnxo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0


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beesnodgrass's review against another edition

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The love story didn’t quite grab me - 16 yr old / an underage love wasn’t doing it for me. 

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fionamatilda's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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