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alice_clawford's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death
nickiethebookwyrm's review
adventurous
lighthearted
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
1.0
Honestly, this just read like fanfiction and I definitely set my hopes too high. Zero character development, too much thesaurus usage. Barely a retelling, IMO, this was identical to the movie.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement
Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence
arm167's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Blood
emfass's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-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
2.25
I'm intrigued by what this author was going for--a sexy paranormal retelling of Beauty and the Beast where the Beast stays a beast? yes please!--but a lot of it just didn't work for me. It was waaaaaay more gory & violent than I was expecting, and I found the characterization of the Beast inconsistent and Isla's growing trust of him unjustified for most of the story. I liked Isla's arc in that she took agency and didn't let the Beast push her around, but otherwise a lot of it fell flat. I was also confused by some side references to God/religion, but we were given no context about Isla's connection to spirituality OR time/setting of this piece, so it landed strangely.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Infertility
death of father on page, grief, kidnapping/imprisonment, multiple threats of sexual violence, animal death in self-defense, murder in self-defense, past death of parents, references to emotional and physically abusive father in the past, interspecies (?) sex on page,
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