Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

47 reviews

ashley_est1988's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Child death, Pregnancy, and Rape

Minor: Kidnapping and Confinement

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

isajr26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Murder, Confinement, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

kellicat94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Torture, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Pregnancy, Slavery, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Bullying, Grief, Physical abuse, and Stalking

selestre's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Rape

Minor: Abandonment, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

campisforever's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, and Gaslighting

anditscool's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia and Slavery

tiana_king's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Kidnapping and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy

mikaylabelles's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

 

Rhapsodic (The Bargainer #1) 

 

3/5 Stars 

 

I struggled with rating this book. I did enjoy it, but there was just so much about it that made me cringe inside while I was reading and there were some things that I felt didn’t need to be included or shouldn’t have been the way that they were. 

 

This book follows Callypso after the murder of her father, after making a deal with the Bargainer, aka Desmond Flynn. It is a dual timeline novel from when Callypso is 16-17 and to present time 8 years after the ordeal. 

 

I really liked the premiss of this book, I liked the aspects that could have been so much better if they had been done well. But there was so much in the book that I felt was so unnecessary and probably deserved a trigger warning or two. 

 

I’m not the biggest fan of dual timelines, especially when they’re for the same characters. I wish it had been a then vs now rather than a dual timeline. I also wish there had been a bit of a trigger warning on the fact that Desmond grooms Callypso and expects her to be the same or to have the same feelings for him as she did as a traumatized 16-year-old, along with the rape and forced pregnancy. 

 

The book is dark, it is a NA book, which levels out some of the content of it, but it still doesn’t really bypass the issues I have with the book. 

 

I do wish the descriptions were more in depth, and that it took longer to explain some things rather than tossing it onto the page and expecting everything to be A-OK with it right after. I know it’s a fictional story, but it really lacks the realism that makes these kinds of stories pop and stand out. 

 

Callie’s relationship with her friend is sweet, but it’s also very cringey the way that they talk to each other. I little bit too over the top, if it was toned down a bit, perhaps it would have been more bearable to get through their interactions. 

 

Desmond kind of rubs me the wrong way, despite being in love with Callie, it came across more as obsessed, and holding her bargains against her definitely rubbed me the wrong way – especially as she obtained them when she was a minor and he wants some of them to be exchanged for sexual favours, or to change parts of her life that he shouldn’t have a say in (her consuming alcohol for example.) 

 

A lot of this book had a lot of toxicity when it came to relationships and friendships, and despite being a darker novel, it didn’t come across very well overall. 

 

Hopefully the rest of the series gets better and more palatable now that the dual timeline is over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy