Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

God of Malice by Rina Kent

36 reviews

blissful_barker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

luna_lovelace's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.5

⚠️Please take the trigger warnings seriously, no book is worth it. ⚠️

The author of the book did an excellent job in portraying the character of Killian as a psychopath, which was evident from the start of the book. The author's writing skills deserve appreciation for selling it so well. 

However, there was a plot twist involving Devlin that left me furious.

After going through so much heartache over Devlin, Glyndon did not deserve to find out that he was not even dead.

The book had many characters, which made it a bit confusing to keep track of them all. Thankfully, the book came with a family chart, which helped me follow the plot. 

Overall, the book had enough plot and character development, making it a bearable read. However, the book could have been shorter than its 400 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Grief, and Bullying

renfyre's review against another edition

I can enjoy some pretty dark stuff that makes you have to suspend your feminism to enjoy it.  And the author's forward doesn't obscure anything about what's in the book. She says plainly this is a morally black MMC and the TWs include non con. So i cant complain that i was curious anyways and that's what i found. Dead dove - don't eat, and all that. 

But badly written dark stuff? The grammar is atrocious so that on every page there is some awkward line that doesn't technically mean what she clearly means to say. Where are her editors? The info dumping and absurd way people talk/ text to each other is beyond what i can stomach. Such overdramatic wattpad prose. These characters are young college students. So 18,19,20 years old. And I'm sorry but I know what 19 year Olds look like. I can't take any of this seriously. It's all so over the top with the secret societies and rival universities. But also it's USA vs. UK! And the Russian mob! And and and. 

And while yes, Dead dove - don't eat. I am loath to see that dark romance, at least for fans of this series and its like, means romanticizing and sexualizing rape. Like on the page, no ambiguity about it, violent rape. With force and crying and threats of death if the FMC doesn't comply. And to use the whole "of well her body reacted to it so she secretly wants it" line of argument is just sick and frankly dangerous. Call me a prude, but I'm not turned on by

women shaking and crying while they're face fucked against their will on pain of being either anally raped or being thrown off a cliff or both. 

Taking all of this author's books off my TBR and avoiding all romance recs from anyone who recommends them in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Car accident

lavendcr's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

was pretty interesting for it being my first dark romance. had to get past the whole

highkey sexually assaulting her

to find out just how glyndon and killian fell in love with each other. killian is a fucking psycho but ig he does have a little bit of a moral compass. i really liked when he introduced her to his family, why it got me shedding a tear :'c
AND THE TWISTS AND TURNS???? OMG WHIPLASH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Sexual content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Sexual violence

lioreriol's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

I swear Glyndon makes the worst decisions, it's like her brain shutdown at every important moment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood

luisa_he's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

mrsgames2u's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

Rina Kent does it again. She writes some of the best morally grey men and mouthy FMCs. I wish I read all her other books before this one though…not because there are spoilers but for the nostalgia. I loved hearing about Aiden, Cole, Ronan, and Xander. I have read Levi’s book yet or any of the volkov. 

Killian Carsen could easily be a serial killer but he knows that he’s control is necessary if he wants to be amongst society. He meets Glyndon King and suddenly those impulses don’t seem as strong…except when it comes to protecting her. Glyn understands what kind of person she’s dealing with when she meets killian. She never anticipated that his infatuation with her would last. She definitely never thought that she would feel freed and safe by his domination, especially when it’s so suffocating. Both of them must come to terms with these new feelings they’re experiencing and decide if they’ll give in or walk away. 

Is dub/con, stalking, and manipulation are triggers for you, do not read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

emmasbookplace's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

zc2's review

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It’s okay for dark romance but as far as stabby stabby goes there wasn’t enough gore in my personal opinion 😅. Anywho the plot was good. Too many characters to keep up with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Gore, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Toxic relationship, War, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, and Animal death

sweetbrinas's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture