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אפלים מלידה by Trisha Wolfe, טרישה וולף

12 reviews

nokvi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

3.0

2.75

This wasn't even a romance omg I feel like that's misleading marketing. It's definitely a thriller and psychological work at best. I did enjoy reading it, all problems side so it gets a 3/5. The writing at some points is definitely beautiful if not quotable and the characters bring their best unhinged the forefront. 

Greyson is... definitely a lot to digest as a Male Lead. He's not what you'll technically and tbh I think what he experiences is closer to obsession than it is to love. 

Dr. Noble is the main POV for most of the book and tbh she holds well on her own. I do have small issues with how quickly she found herself being manipulated by Grayson but over all I liked her.

Can't really comment on the accuracy of the psychology, diagnoses and other Profesional jargon and the like but seems like the author knows what she's talking about 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Self harm, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, and Car accident

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-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

4.75

Brilliantly written, so dark and twisted but also intelligent & layered. Loved the two main characters and how he had to wrestle the messed up parts out of her - some twists I did not see coming! So much suspense and mysteriousness and tension. Absolutely loved it. Check TW’s as it is quite dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Blood, Pedophilia, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident, Rape, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jazzcone's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Vomit, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Self harm, and Sexual assault

theartistreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

One sitting. That's how quick I read this book. I am obsessed! This book is so dark and, even though I'm going to sound a bit psychotic myself here, the characters are surprisingly relatable, which is something that isn't always present withing romance books. I've got a feeling this book is going to leave me with a massive book hangover. But now I need more serial killer recs! Book 2, here I come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

gnlee26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

Read 1.13.23-1.14.23     Reviewed 2.21.23
I didn’t get super attached to these characters or story. While they were interesting and the story was super intriguing (basically just a Harley Quinn/Joker reimagined) it fell flat and the ending pissed me off. I do want to finish the story but I’ll probably just end up making an HEA in my head. Grayson is definitely one of the darker MMCs I’ve read and I loved that aspect but I didn’t really feel the chemistry and the “softer” side of Grayson (even though its not much softer) wasn’t very believable. The FMC (honestly can’t remember her name rn) didn’t start out to me at all. Her

dark arc if you will

wasn’t believable either.

I don’t get the whole “you blocked it out” “you made yourself think you’re Normal/the urges are still there you just push them away” like um…. If she doesn’t have the urges/they dont affect her at all doesn’t that mean she is normal? And if she is actually a psychopath then why doesn’t she embrace it why is she running and hiding and trying to be normal instead of ya know being a freaking psychopath?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Death, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

xoxandiexo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Body horror, Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

rae_bookmarkchronicles'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

2.75

While I enjoyed the twists and turns of this book, I did not enjoy the read overall.

I hated most of the dialogue. The romance did not feel believable because when things started between them they simply had not spent enough time together or even had enough straight forward conversations to develop real feelings. However, the author kept emphasizing the feelings were more than lust and I'm not convinced that they were. 

A lot of the things that Grayson says were cringey af. I kept reading though because I was curious about how it would end and then I disliked the ending. I am curious about the second book but I will not be reading the second book... I'll just look up what happens lol

If you want to read this for the smut heads up that it is a very slow burn. Every time you think they will....they won't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia

monicaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Torture, Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, and Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

queencariad's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

Well! This was really fucked up, but in a very addicting kind of way! 

Pick Born, Darkly to follow the story of a sort of Robin Hood sadist murderer and his equally fucked up psychologist.
I particularly read the end of the book as quite the Criminal Minds episode, with huge thriller/true crime vibes. 

Grayson gave me the creeps— which is actually normal and reassuring, I’d say— and was uncomfortably fascinating.
London was just as interesting, as her past gets revealed layer by layer. 

I “enjoyed” the closed quarters setting that covered a good half of the book and definitely helped building the tension between the characters, and the growing feeling of… being trapped.

I also appreciated how London acknowledged her attraction to Grayson all the while admitting the fact that he was a complete sadist (and that she has her own issues, too, lmao.)

My biggest complaint would be that the place is overall extremely slow, despite the book being so short.

I’m not sure I’ll read the second volume yet, but the ending did intrigue me. We’ll see!

3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

nerdylari's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Sexual content