Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

142 reviews

xrenxcrossx's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Sexual content, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

megwicked's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Stalking, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Gaslighting

oliviamichelle_'s review

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Sexual content

bigbookslay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

quick read and kept me hooked. only liked Alex and Kai towards the end. Damon can go to hell idc. didn't appreciate the sexism and sexual assault at all. if the men in this book were a little less fucked up it would be perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

rahma8's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

The octopus and Rika had an intimate moment 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Run.

florixer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

So this is a hard one to describe, on one hand I really enjoyed reading this book, because it got me out of a reading slump and is really fast paced. But there were many scenes I thought were not okay.
First, Micheal doesn't like to explain him self most of the time, which often ends in miscommunication. Also they often treated Rika like shit and when she said No to the actions they often still continued and said stuff like, but I know you want it so bad. And also she never really seemed bothered by it most of the time. 
The story line though was really interesting, sometimes a little bit confusing, but it was written in a way you couldn't put the book down. I'm not really sure yet if I want to continue the series, but if you have a high tolerance rate it is okay to read. But if you can't read story's that are sometimes a little bit unmorally than this might not be the right book for you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Deadnaming, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Child abuse

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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

4.5

I didn’t like how

micheal never apologizes to her like it was a really traumatizing event and he straight up was like huh that sucks wanna make out? end

the whole tense plot of why are they in jail and why is it Rikas fault really had me on edge wondering what’s gonna happen next. Recommend if you like romantic thrillers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Genocide, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

marippe's review against another edition

the pedo esq comments and treatment of women made me feel way too uncomfortable. that 4 horsemen stuff feels way too dumb

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

fiona_dutcher's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

gabi_w21's review against another edition

2.0

I liked this book, sort of? The romance didn’t feel like a romance. All Michael did was treat Rika like absolute shit, threaten her, stand back while his friends torture/torment her and joke about raping her, and he did one nice thing (the fencing tournament) at the end and THAT'S what made Rika love him? Rika was an idiot who thought with her vagina and not her head, and I hated the Alex/Rika scene because it felt way too much like fetishization. I hated how Rika never really stood up for herself despite all this lip service about how strong and fierce she was. 

And don’t get me started on the abundance of rape threats & jokes. Those aren’t funny nor do they make the story interesting. 

Why didn’t Rika just ask why Michael was ignoring her? Why are they so stupid? 

These idiots really

planned to torment this girl because they thought she leaked all the information to the cops without ever confirming it?

These dudes are predators, dangerous, and entitled. They've never been told no and are the epitome of the privileged white boys. They do whatever they want. Rules for thee, not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Bullying, Rape, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment