Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

71 reviews

anasc007's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, Slavery, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Torture

toribrake17's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

lorereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is good if you are looking for a light read with an amount of dark romance. This book touches on a lot of sensitive subjects so it is not for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gore and Torture

ibazelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Murder

kote's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, and even though the description or the idea of IOU seemed somewhat off-putting to me, the author pulled it off really well. It’s set in a fantasy universe mixed with human reality, and while there isn’t too much world building, I felt the writing was really smooth and believable. 

Characters Callie and Des I looooove. I marked the characters as diverse in which at least Des is a Fae (don’t know if that counts?) and Callies best friend Temper is described with black features. But really the story revolves around Callie, and I think she’s a very complex character in that she is a strong character throughout the storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol and Violence

Content regarding sexual interactions (that are consented) are detailed

sarah_br's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.5

I liked it but didn't love it. The storyline was interesting, some minor plot twists kept it interesting, love Callie as a character, although is story may be considered problematic due to

the relationship between Callie and Desmond beginning when she was 16/17, classic "hundreds of years old male love interest" trope, and that it could be considered unrealistic and cliche how quickly she's able to come to terms with her trauma because she's with Des

I'll continue go read the rest of the series to see where it goes, especially after the last few chapters where the plot kicked in more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Vomit

bookandbooksonly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

bee94's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, and Mental illness

juliette_95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Gore

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

regnistegra's review against another edition

65% of the way through this book and giving up on it. The story concept is interesting, but the writing style is not for me. In particular, every time I read a passage with Temper (the Black best friend) I am taken out of the story because of what a cartoonish portrayal of a Black woman this white woman writer has created. It’s awful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Rape