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nineinchnails's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape
Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Bullying, Car accident, Ableism, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Self harm
Minor: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
jadyn_renee62's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Torture, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Suicide, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Child abuse, Car accident, Alcohol, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Murder
agnesreads2042's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Death
princess413's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Rape, Murder, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying
booklloveer101's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
enchantingannie's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Abortion
ashleygreenslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, and Physical abuse
emilynied's review against another edition
- 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
1.5
I understand why readers enjoy dark romance and fictional romance so much - it's because it's not real. If it was real, we would probably all be questioning our sanity. I usually don't mind books like these, but I don't get the hype around Damon Torrance, I really don't. His background is dark and the things that he went through are horrible - it explains why he's so messed up in the brain. BUT, I don't think it justified most of the things that he did in the past and present timelines of this book. He tries to kill his best friends in the first book, in the second book he terrorizes all of them and now he's just forgiven. There are, of course, lingering effects and we do see that in this book, but I don't think it's enough. We start the story super abruptly with him getting control of Winter, her sister and her mother just out of no where in his quest to force Winter to be with him and I just think that's gross. He puts her in these weird situations and in my mind, controls her (not letting her leave the house, having security follow her around...). I was so turned off by the first part of this book because of that. I just couldn't fathom how we could go from this to a potential love story.
But, it did happen. I will say, I was kind of convinced towards the end of the book because he felt like a different character and everyone just *forgot* about all the shit he did. The character development just wasn't there for me to explain the switch up. Also, I feel like there was so much of Damon in Kai/Banks' book, but none of them are super prevalent in this book - I would have loved to see more of the present dynamic between him and Banks after it's revealed that they're siblings but that was definitely lacking here.
As far as the storytelling techniques, I think I'm getting a little tired of this series' flashbacks. They are about 50% of the book and particularly in this story, reading the past chapters was so exhausting because they just felt like fillers? I don't know exactly how to explain it but it feels like the present narrative is just waiting for the big reveals in the past, and until that happens, there's a lull in the story which got pretty dull. The present chapters relied too much on the past chapters in my opinion, which also contributed to the eh reading experience.
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Death, and Sexual harassment
kk_123's review against another edition
1.5
anyone who can forgive him what he’s done is just as bad. don’t ignore it just because he is fictional.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape
sevendoteight's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault, Stalking, and Rape