Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Bad Judgment by Sidney Bell

5 reviews

tragicgloom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood, Homophobia, Torture, and War

hankerchiefghost's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

“Thank you,” Brogan whispered. “And look, no lightning. Maybe the fates don’t mind.”
“Maybe you’re the only one who heard me.”
“Then we’ll keep it that way,” Brogan promised. “Just between us.”

disappointed in myself for putting this off for so long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

mintcheoco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Murder

penguinsquack's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Pedophilia

golem's review against another edition

4.25

This was fun (and violent). It's a kind of dry run for Rough Trade--an action/suspense romance between a strong softie and a guy who's brittle and damaged as hell (my favourite kind of romance!), plus lots of high-wire shenanigans while trying not to get murdered/arrested, and some hot sex. 

Be warned: everyone is white and cis except for the Latinx guy (the description of his heritage is a massive fail), the gay people have no gay friends, and there is a brief but devastating mention of transphobia. The book also treats Brogan's total inability to respect Embry's boundaries, plus his unreasonable jealousy (say it with me: you are not allowed to be mad at your new boyfriend for consenting to sex with his violent/scary primary partner), as cute/romantic, two boner-killing romance tropes that this author does away with in later books, but there is a lot to enjoy here otherwise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Torture and Transphobia