Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Knotted by Pam Godwin

14 reviews

robynsun's review against another edition

MMC watched his "soulmate" get r*ped, pushed her away to keep her safe (& she ends up being abused) and then he proceeds to stalk her but sleeps every other woman in town. the math ain't mathing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

sterreks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.0

this was not fun
i know it wasnt meant to be
i should've looked up the summary after my kindle gave me none

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Murder

ronnieex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Rape, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Torture, and Death

wordswithjenn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Rape, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

jneeni's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

ktmcd26's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? No

1.0

The first chapter of this book is good and then it rapidly goes down  hill. To put it simply, this book is just a bouquet of abuse. Sexual, physical, and emotional. This book glorifies manipulation and control, while oversimplifying PTSD and other forms of complex and long term trauma.

The main male character is a self-absorbed 22 year-old prick who knows nothing and thinks he k owns everything. Despite the fact that he claims to love the main female character, he does not respect her at all. The only boundary of hers he respects and doesn’t push is the one he doesn’t have a sexual fantasy about. In the manner of a week and half, him and his BDSM sexual techniques called “therapy”(that he devised from some light Googling) cure years of horrific trauma while insulting and looking down on actual therapy practices and techniques. And the small portion of abuse that is presented to be horrific is even told in a sensationalized way. 

On top of all this, the plot outside of the relationship is so convoluted and unbelievable. Somehow every single character in this story only manages to jump to the most extreme “solution” to their problem. I will not be reading the others in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexism

minishcap's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

man thinks he has magical penis - wow! it is a magical penis and cures all of our main character’s trauma! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Gun violence

Minor: Abandonment

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, Rape, Violence, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

talonelbia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

I wasn't really prepared for how brutal it would be so quickly into the book, but that intensity did set the tone for the rest of it and I liked how strong the feelings were. Their connection meant it was both heartbreaking and beautiful and while there was a lot of it that was unrealistic it kept my attention enough to be very entertained. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence

candelibri's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

2.25

MMC can help “heal” the FMC because he read extensively online about trauma therapy? Dude, you’re 19, 20 at most. You’re not a licensed anything to be administering any sort of therapy or guidance. (Especially whatever it is you’re doing here!!) And you had your own issues to work through which was never touched on. Just…ugh. What an entire miss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse