Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

53 reviews

allymurphy's review against another edition

4.0

is this even close to a somewhat decent book? no. did I have a great time and fall in love with Ryat Archer? hell yeah I did
it lost a star due to

everything that happened with her mom at the end and that Matt didn’t have a painful enough death, it felt a little like throwing everything at the wall and seeing what stuck with not a ton of success. the rest of the book was fantastic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Rape, Vomit, and Physical abuse

Minor: Stalking

thereadaholic's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

I ate this book up. It's a dark book and I would not recommend this for beginners because ryat is dark really dark. I absolutely loved every part of this book I thought the way the plot builds up was perfect , loved the way the characters were I just wished authors would stop making FMC'S so naive and make them strong willed , and just maybe once up the MMC'S
 
Other than that the book is just wow , I loved the way ryat's character development progressed through the book I also wished we could have gotten a bit more of how they started loving each other but again other than that the book is great.

I devoured the book , ate it up so quick and I just really enjoyed it. 

If your not a begginer looking for a dark romance book this is ur book bestie 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

booksandgore's review against another edition

dark medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, and Sexual violence

jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Gore, and Murder

daisymadeli's review against another edition

dark slow-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

1.0

This might be the worst book I’ve ever read. I only managed to finish it because I buddy read it with a friend and ya girl ain’t a quitter. But, wow. It is truly super bad. The characters have no personalities besides being horny or in Blake’s case, being horny while crying. There’s too much sex (yes, that’s possible), a ridiculous amount of repetition, and for the love of all things holy, STOP telling us what song is playing at any and all given moments. The plot made 0 sense and the big finale was haphazard and lackluster after too many pages of repeat build up. Also, complex sentences are a thing, commas can be really fun, or perhaps may I suggest a semi colon? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, and Torture

xlaurareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

a dark romance masterpiece! i really enjoyed reading this one although i was actually expecting it to be a bit darker than it actually was because of all the reviews i read and heard about on bookstagram. i mean, don't get me wrong, it was really dark and there were lots of quite morally questionable scenes, but it still didn't get me totally freaked out if you know what i mean? i fell for ryat the second he appeared (don't we all love the broody, morally-grey dark-haired guys?!) and i found blake to be a quite nice fmc, too. nonetheless, she sometimes seemed a bit too..idk eager?? to be degraded and all that and it didn't make her seem like a very confident fmc. however, she got some real nice badass properties and some real bite, which i enjoyed pretty much. some twists and turns felt a bit overdramatic and didn't make that much sense to me as to why they were incorporated in the story. and i am not the biggest fan of all the

knocking the fmc up, breeding kink, loads of kids kinda stuff

to have a happy ending. still, it was a great book and as a sucker for dark romance i highly recommend reading it! i am also looking forward to "the sinner" as the fanart of sin is already making me drool lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Sexual assault, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

clairelisebella's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Fun book but could’ve used a good editor to tighten it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Confinement, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol and Infidelity

klsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Death, Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Torture, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy

sabrina7's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

i tend to be wary of secret societies in books as they’re often incorporated into college or high school settings which kinda feels ridiculous because omg all of the characters are just kids !! knowing this, i intentionally attempted to go into this book with an open mind and yet it still felt soooo silly to me and the characters just came across as dumb as much of their behavior made little sense. i definitely liked the first half of the book way better than the last half mainly because as the author tried to wrap everything up and explain all of the mysteries that had been perpetuated throughout the book, the final acts and explanations for everything just felt somehow lackluster and absurd at the same time. also given that this book is classified as erotica i want to comment on the sex scenes. there were a lot of intriguing kinks in here that were fun to read but i felt like the sex scenes were not really detailed or long enough to be that great. some scenes were definitely more involved and better than others but i kinda finished this book feeling underwhelmed by the sex scenes. i loved ryat’s response to blakely’s feelings of shame regarding her kinks. i think the amount of sex that it is implied the two main characters have throughout the book is concerning lol but i guess given that none of this book is very realistic, the preposterous amount of sex these characters are said to have is on brand. overall i guess i’m glad it be in the loop about this book since a lot of people have read this book and have things to say about it, but i definitely won’t be reading other works by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

asliusta's review against another edition

I have realized dark romance is not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gaslighting, Blood, and Stalking