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ehinrichsenjr's review against another edition
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I was enjoying it, honestly, until I noticed the descriptors of the women, and how turned on the main character was the first time he saw the femme-fatale-type character. Then it went downhill. The character's "3edgy5me" personality was grating, but nothing I couldn't overlook for a little. I've read worse. It did drag on me enough, though. The multi-page sex scene where the woman promises to take the main character to her private sex island with multiple copies of herself, and how she has sex hormones installed in her, and yadda yadda yadda... that was the point I remember myself being yanked out of the book. The torture scene later was also gratuitous. I'll spare you that descriptor.
I gave up when, at some point, the chauffeur character returns to threaten the main character, and the main character is describing how, as an "envoy", he's been reassembled to be a killing machine, down to the neuron, and how he had to hold himself back from killing the guy. I realized, in that moment, I'd rather be reading absolutely anything else than this weird "I'm so badass" fantasy. Can't say I didn't genuinely try though.
I was enjoying it, honestly, until I noticed the descriptors of the women, and how turned on the main character was the first time he saw the femme-fatale-type character. Then it went downhill. The character's "3edgy5me" personality was grating, but nothing I couldn't overlook for a little. I've read worse. It did drag on me enough, though. The multi-page sex scene where the woman promises to take the main character to her private sex island with multiple copies of herself, and how she has sex hormones installed in her, and yadda yadda yadda... that was the point I remember myself being yanked out of the book. The torture scene later was also gratuitous. I'll spare you that descriptor.
I gave up when, at some point, the chauffeur character returns to threaten the main character, and the main character is describing how, as an "envoy", he's been reassembled to be a killing machine, down to the neuron, and how he had to hold himself back from killing the guy. I realized, in that moment, I'd rather be reading absolutely anything else than this weird "I'm so badass" fantasy. Can't say I didn't genuinely try though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
catsy2022's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Suicide and Police brutality
Minor: War, Abortion, and Child death
mccluskyn's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
nightingale's review against another edition
So dark. So messed up. Just way too dark.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Gore, Cursing, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Slavery, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death
The sci-fi is really good. The world is really well designed and created but it's hectic it's a 18+ not for sensitive readers.
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