Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

13 reviews

bookshelf20's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

I loved this book. I ate it up in one sitting, unable to put it down, eager to see what crazy thing Malachi would do next. I rated this book 4.75/5 stars because I felt that it was very well done. I was definitely not ready for it to end and wanted more and more of the story and the characters. 
I felt the plot was well organized and paced nicely so it didn't feel like anything was dragging, and it didn't feel like things were moving too fast. I felt that the characters were well-described so I knew their personalities and their intentions well. 
I loved how depraved and insane the MMC was, he had me on the edge of my seat wanting more of him as the pages went. I loved how intense, protective, and possessive he was of the FMC. I felt like the sign language and mute nature were a great addition to the story that you typically don't get to see with this type of storyline. I loved that the FMC was so innocent and naïve with her brother, but on some level, she was just as depraved as he was with her desires, and he was willing to fulfill every one of her fantasies. 
I highly recommend this book, after having read Haunting Adeline and loving it, I was told by others that "Zade walked so Malachi could run." And even though the stories are very different, I do feel like the story lived up to the hype. I enjoyed it very much and can't wait to read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

marieke17's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, Body horror, Rape, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Incest, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

brookey8888's review

dark tense fast-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

4.0

Listen I don’t even know. This is really not for everyone and I even had to skim read a part because that was a little to much for me, but other than that this was good. I thought the dynamic was interesting and not something I usually read. The stalker didn’t happen until like the second half of the book which I wasn’t expecting. Honestly if you don’t read dark romance do not read this and if you want to venture into dark romance don’t start with this. The list of content warnings at the beginning gagged me because spider play. I just reread the content warnings and I must of skipped past the warning of what I skim read( but it’s because that was her “dad”). The writing also wasn’t the greatest either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Rape

lokidotter's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.75

It’s like if you took a bunch of booktok books into a blender and sprinkled them together. I couldn’t stop reading it though…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, and Sexual content

huitthuitt's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Yeesh.

What I don’t understand is why Olivia would testify against Malachi. Like if you’re gonna make adoptive siblings fuck in the blood of their adoptive dad after the MMC beat the shit out of him, don’t do a 8 year time jump. 

Malachi had so much control over Olivia to the point where (in my opinion) Olivia wouldn’t have testified against him if she truly “loves” him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Incest

once_upon_a_storybook's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

This was something for sure 🤔 I went into this with an open mind, I know it’s taboo because they’re adoptive siblings but the amount of times they called each other ‘big brother’ & ‘little sister’ made me want to crawl in a hole, they literally got off on the fact they’re siblings 🤢 Then if that wasn’t enough, the whole arranged marriage plot point was awful, literally the mom was giving her daughter to anyone, it made no sense to me. Her mom literally sold her virginity for 5,000 😬 Also her ‘brother’ SA’d her multiple times in this. Only reason I even gave this 2 stars is because it was entertaining and completely unhinged and I did enjoy that aspect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Sexual assault

book_s1ut's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Incest

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Murder, and Child abuse

averirachel's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Death

alijaywat's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Jesus fucking Christ, what a ride
Check your triggers warning for the love of god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, and Physical abuse

cheeserue's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.25

"run, little stranger"

This book was an absolute rollercoaster. It's one of the more disturbing stories I've read.

Putting aside the brother-sister thing (I know they're not actually related), they both have absolutely no character. Malachis' whole personality is that he has an ASPD diagnosis. He's the "dark and mysterious" mute that wears black, has shaggy hair & probably wears too much eyeliner. Don't even get me started on Olivia. She has even less personality than her "brother." She does anything and everything that anyone tells her to do, especially her parents. She goes through four (maybe five) betrothals throughout the whole thing (including going along with her mother selling her virginity.) she makes me want to rip my hair out.

I'll gloss over the fact that they fucked raw-dog on top of their fathers beeding out body and then at the end her father (for some unknown and unwritten reason) completely flipped his script and was okay with his daughter running away from her wedding with her brother.

“Go,” Dad says, kissing my cheek. “We’ll deal with them. Be happy, angel."

Like WHAT THE FUCK?!

That ending was absolutely horrible. It felt rushed, like they were tired of writing and wanted to wrap it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Addiction