Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Bez siły by Elsie Silver

165 reviews

emilyoshea70's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Child death

siasiasia07's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Abandonment

mondaysonly's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

hristi's review against another edition

3.25

hopeful lighthearted slow-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: Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Abandonment

kalefactory's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Incest, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War

theantifascistbookseller's review against another edition

0.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Terrible. The first half is promising as childhood best friends slowly admit to their love for each other.  Then it devolves into chapters and chapters of explicit, controlling, and completely uninteresting sex.  Skimmed the last 3 chapters just to get to the end faster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Abandonment

witcheep's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I debated over rating this 2.5 or 3 stars. I didn't enjoy this book as much as the other books of Silver's that I've read, and mostly it comes down to my own tastes and not that the writing would be worse.

I was wishing a stronger emotional connection between the main characters. It just rubbed me the wrong way how blind both Jasper and Sloane have become to each other's emotions even though they've known for 18 years and been best friends for a good chunck of it. It made their emotional connection seem weaker, and even though they both eventually acknowledge the situation (at least in their heads) and find explanations for it, all the smut couldn't bridge that gap in my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts

taylormoore's review against another edition

3.0

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, War

claireandreese's review against another edition

2.75

sad slow-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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I also found Jasper and Sloane's friends-to-lovers story annoying and repetitive. I was about halfway through debating if I should DNF it or not. They had these feelings for eachother this entire time and neither of them said a thing. I felt there was no real plot line, and the thing with Beau was kind of random. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death

iamsammie27's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful 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: Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent