Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Born, Darkly by Trisha Wolfe

5 reviews

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Brilliantly written, so dark and twisted but also intelligent & layered. Loved the two main characters and how he had to wrestle the messed up parts out of her - some twists I did not see coming! So much suspense and mysteriousness and tension. Absolutely loved it. Check TW’s as it is quite dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Blood, Pedophilia, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident, Rape, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

abbyreadsbigbooks123's review against another edition

1.0

No just no

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Child death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Car accident, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

jazzcone's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Vomit, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Self harm, and Sexual assault

theartistreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One sitting. That's how quick I read this book. I am obsessed! This book is so dark and, even though I'm going to sound a bit psychotic myself here, the characters are surprisingly relatable, which is something that isn't always present withing romance books. I've got a feeling this book is going to leave me with a massive book hangover. But now I need more serial killer recs! Book 2, here I come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

queencariad's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Well! This was really fucked up, but in a very addicting kind of way! 

Pick Born, Darkly to follow the story of a sort of Robin Hood sadist murderer and his equally fucked up psychologist.
I particularly read the end of the book as quite the Criminal Minds episode, with huge thriller/true crime vibes. 

Grayson gave me the creeps— which is actually normal and reassuring, I’d say— and was uncomfortably fascinating.
London was just as interesting, as her past gets revealed layer by layer. 

I “enjoyed” the closed quarters setting that covered a good half of the book and definitely helped building the tension between the characters, and the growing feeling of… being trapped.

I also appreciated how London acknowledged her attraction to Grayson all the while admitting the fact that he was a complete sadist (and that she has her own issues, too, lmao.)

My biggest complaint would be that the place is overall extremely slow, despite the book being so short.

I’m not sure I’ll read the second volume yet, but the ending did intrigue me. We’ll see!

3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia