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breedawnwriter's review against another edition
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Wow, I had really high hopes for this novel. The synopsis had me hooked and I was ready to dive head first into a seriously amazing psychological thriller. But...unfortunately, that’s not what I got. I don’t want to bash this book, as it had a lot of potential to be a truly fascinating plot, but it didn’t seem to be worth my time. This novel really had a lot of problems: the characters weren’t relatable, the plot moved way too slow, and the entire thing just felt really...awkward, weird, and wrong.
[Content Warnings]
Sexual- Two sexual assaults (not really that graphic, but I also skimmed one of them, so please check other reviews for more detail); multiple scenes of graphic kissing; a scene in which a boyfriend becomes physically “violent” with his girlfriend (she is angry and he holds her down until she calms down, but she doesn’t ever tell anyone about his violence with her, which I find unrealistic and also wrong. But this scene is not sexual, at least not that I caught.); the MC’s boyfriend threatens her multiple times in multiple different ways (not overtly explicit and not all of his threats are sexual); and a few in passing comments about a sex tape (not explicit or graphic).
Profanity- I would say this has a decent amount of language. It’s not completely terrible, but it is pretty frequent. Mostly just your standard go to’s: both b words, both d words, the f-word, and probably others that I’m forgetting.
Substance abuse- There’s a medicine called Dexidnipam (Dexid) and the two main characters become addicted to it and ramp up their doses, against their parents or their doctors knowledge. There’s threats involving alcohol, but there is never any on-page drinking.
Disturbing- Fairly graphic description of monsters called Burners; a fight scene (not too graphic); and a scene in which a boyfriend grabs his girlfriend’s wrist and she thinks it will bruise (not sexual nor does it lead to anything sexual).
[Content Warnings]
Sexual- Two sexual assaults (not really that graphic, but I also skimmed one of them, so please check other reviews for more detail); multiple scenes of graphic kissing; a scene in which a boyfriend becomes physically “violent” with his girlfriend (she is angry and he holds her down until she calms down, but she doesn’t ever tell anyone about his violence with her, which I find unrealistic and also wrong. But this scene is not sexual, at least not that I caught.); the MC’s boyfriend threatens her multiple times in multiple different ways (not overtly explicit and not all of his threats are sexual); and a few in passing comments about a sex tape (not explicit or graphic).
Profanity- I would say this has a decent amount of language. It’s not completely terrible, but it is pretty frequent. Mostly just your standard go to’s: both b words, both d words, the f-word, and probably others that I’m forgetting.
Substance abuse- There’s a medicine called Dexidnipam (Dexid) and the two main characters become addicted to it and ramp up their doses, against their parents or their doctors knowledge. There’s threats involving alcohol, but there is never any on-page drinking.
Disturbing- Fairly graphic description of monsters called Burners; a fight scene (not too graphic); and a scene in which a boyfriend grabs his girlfriend’s wrist and she thinks it will bruise (not sexual nor does it lead to anything sexual).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse
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