Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

God of Pain by Rina Kent

27 reviews

poupimali's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

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The first half of the book seams a bit rushed between Annika and Creighton
The plot is very good though.

- secret society 
- friends to lovers to enemies to lovers (yes)
- grumpy (him) / sunshine (her)
- mafia
- college romance
- Dom/sub

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting

bookdragong24's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

when the relationship of the main couple starts getting serious they are 20 and 17 (about a month before she's 18)

abreese's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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: Yes

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I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first one (it just felt more developed and had a more nuanced approach to trauma shaping a person) but the ending felt like it dragged a little. 

I also wish it had been made a little clearer that Creigh was running away from everything just as much an Anika was especially regarding the escape to the island. But that’s just a little nitpick frustration I had as a reader that made my faith start to waver.

Overall though I really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence

Minor: Suicide, Murder

shaykay's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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I devoured this audiobook! I loved the first one even though the first one was so dark. I had no clue how Glyn and Kill would end up in a relationship, especially after how those two started, but there were so many twists and turns. In this one, we follow Creighton and Annika, and we get to see this one start in the previous book because she would not leave him alone, and Creighton is Glyndon's cousin. She just annoyed him every time she got the chance, but we got to explore that more in this book. We were starting to set up a fake dating scenario because Annika's mom promised that she wouldn't let the Bratva force her into an arranged marriage if she had someone she loved, but even though it was a massive thing at the beginning of the book we lose track of that really fast. This one was a different kind of darkness than the first book. This one was more BDSM and family issues, but I still enjoyed this book, and it had a lot of shocking moments. But ultimately, I liked the first book more. I can't wait to jump into the next book because I'm curious how Jeremy's book will go, and I really hope Bran gets his own book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent

emcbookshelf's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

romanceschmomance's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This one was a little bit unexpected in comparison to Rina's other books. Daresay there were quite a few moments when it came to Creighton. Usually I don't really care for the grump/sunshine or opposites attracts trope, but I was absolutely living for it in Annika and Creigh's story.

I just love the soft edges that comes to the MMC and their dark edges. He will do ANYTHING for Annika and could care less what anyone else thinks of him. I just truly enjoyed their different dynamics in this and it was just downright cute. But I couldn't have imagined a better match for either one of them.

Adrian and Lia's story is the last of Rina's backlist that I still need to read and after reading the POVs from them, I'm sooooo eager to finally get to it.

I don't really care for second generation stories, but Rina really knocked it out of the park with this series. And I'm eagerly awaiting the next one, I don't think I'll ever want this series to end, there are so many possibilities!

Narration: James Joseph, Mackenzie Cartwright, Shane East, Jason Clarke, and Desiree Ketchum were the chosen few to narrate this one. The bulk of the book is dual with Annika and Creighton's POV, but like God of Malice, we get a little bit from the parents' POV (which is an absolute treat). I enjoyed the choices for narration, everyone but Shane East and Desiree Ketchum was new to me narrators. And I think they all did great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide