Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan

3 reviews

yellowpurple500's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

I found the links back to the wedding storyline interesting and I enjoyed the character development of Violet. However, the rest of the book fell a little flat for me. I found the other characters a bit dull and not fleshed out enough, especially all the male characters.

For an erotica I found myself rolling my eyes a lot at the sex scenes. It felt like if someone just looked at Violet she came. There were points where someone barely touched her and she was at the point of orgasm. I get this woman is horny but CALM DOWN. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction

emisbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

i am incredibly conflicted about my feelings on this book. at first i liked it, especially the theme of limerence which is very relatable to me. the writing is painfully real and at points amusing, although i found the pacing to be a bit off at points. 

the characters are insufferable, especially max who is a complete manchild. i found violet (the protagonist) insufferable at many points too, even if her struggles were very real. she was constantly making stupid decisions. overall, she was a very frustrating MC to read about, especially considering this book is in the first person perspective.

however my main problem with this book is that it's all effect and no cause - everything occurs without a real reason or explanation. it was incredibly frustrating. 

there is also so much smut in this book it's almost excessive. it wasn't exciting, but rather very repetitive. i found myself thinking "here we go again" every time. 

tldr: mixed feelings. more bad than good. all effect with no cause. characters suck. too much smut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, and Cursing

Moderate: Child death and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use