Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Flames of Chaos by Amelia Hutchins

21 reviews

samigabrielle's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abortion

robinainthood's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This was...... something. I was very tempted to give this book a one star but, like, here's the thing; it was entertaining. Albeit, in the same way shitty reality tv is entertaining. Like, "God, these people suck and this is such garbage content but why can't I stop watching?" 

Anyway, this book is fun to read if you don't take it seriously--and especially if you hate read it with friends or something--otherwise just skip this one, I think. It's way too long to be this bad.

(Also, that disclaimer at the beginning was such a red flag to begin with. "caveman-like asshole" ???? ma'am???)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

rachachisaur's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

The writing is truly terrible. At least half of the paragraphs are simply restatements of the previous paragraph, as though the author wrote out the concept in different ways and for some reason never deleted the drafts. Every other word is “f*ck” as though the author thinks that makes up for a lack of creative dialogue. There are several times where the ridiculousness of what is written fully rips you out of the book. The is almost no plot for the first 90% of the book, and each scene is just another setting up for more sex. Definitely read the content warnings. None of the periphery or side characters develop a personality until the end of the book, when you kind of think you may eventually like one or two of them. I almost dnf’d several times, but other reviews insisted it was worth slogging through to the end. 

Despite all of this, the last 10% of the book finally remembers that plot is a thing and sweeps you up into an actual story. I will read the second one, but with the lowest possible expectations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

katevhutchinson's review

I have absolutely no idea how this book made it to print. It feels like an author sat down with a bottle of wine and wrote it in a night?
I feel like, had it had time and energy spent in it, it could have had real meaning and substance. Except it was all f*** and c*** which isn't really a plot? And heavens, don't get me started on the dialogue, four pages of back and forth that could have been half a page.
Bottom line, just as everyone says, the only reason I made it this far was because it was a train wreck I couldn't look away from. Buh-bye.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

deesquared's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is dark. But still manages to be compelling. 

Draws on inspiration from various mythology but Hutchins makes it her own, the storyline mostly gets interesting in the second half of the book. 

Enemies to lovers but actually enemies. Is this a bully romance? 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, and Alcohol

Minor: War and Cannibalism

billies_not_so_secret_diary's review

"I'm giving up on this book. Don't get me wrong, the plot has potential and I am a little curious to discover why and who, and all that, but reading about men making threats to women about raping them, breaking them with their c***, touching without permission, and all of that BS, I'm done. A woman supposedly wrote this, but with this book, she's put women back in the stone age, even though it's present day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

applejacksbooks's review

adventurous dark tense 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

2.0

 
Not really sure how I ended up finishing this book. The plot was basically nonexistent until the last 25% of the book and for a book that's almost 600 pages, that was a mess to get through. The tension between the main two characters was good, but the plot needed to be more compelling to make me want to continue with this series. Also, the plot twist at the end would have been more surprising if the POV hadn't switched to Knox for a few chapters. Those just didn't need to exist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

readwithelle's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

thorspuddingcup's review

dark slow-paced

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

 TW: Sexual assault, minor spoilers.

One of the absolute worst books, if one can even call it a book, I have ever had the misfortune of reading. I saw a review that said the book was so bad it was funny, and they were...correct. Although it went from being hilariously bad, to so bad it makes Mein Kampf read like a Nobel Prize winner. 

If this book focused on the plot that it promised, finding your missing twin in a town full of murderous supernatural beings with some enemies to lovers romance on the side, then it would be fine. But we get very little plot, and a lot of demon penis that is apparently large enough to warrant its own postal code. One cannot go one page without one of the two main characters musing about how badly they want to fuck one another, yet claiming they cannot stand the sight of each other. I'm sorry to break the news to the author, but that does not create sexual tension. No, it just makes me want to gauge my eyes out with a rusted ice cream scoop. 

And the sex scenes themselves are disgusting. I don't kink shame. If someone wants to be hit in the bedroom then hey that's good for them. So long as it is CONSENTUAL and love and support is provided after the Devil's Tango has been completed. No, this book does none of that. After the protagonist looses her virginity to the guy who made her BLEED PROFUSELY while doing the deed, he literally tosses her aside like a used jizz rag. The sex in this book is bordering on rape, and I am not for that. 

The writing itself is abhorrent too. For instance, if one were to play a drinking game in which they took a shot every time an iteration of the word "fuck" or the word "pussy" were used, they would be hospitalized by the end of the second chapter. I don't even know if they would make it to the ambulance on time. This book reads like a middle schooler wanted to explore their sexual awakening, and didn't understand that mature themes could go outside of using the word "fuck" and constant mentions of sex. There are two entire chapters of the male love interest monologuing about how badly he wants to corrupt the innocence of the female protagonist by essentially raping her. It adds nothing to the plot, other than you learn the man had a wife at one point who died. Honestly, I'm happy for his dead wife. She found a way to escape his miserable ass. 

I finished this book because I paid 99 cents to read it. I will not read the rest of the trilogy as I am not strong enough. Jesus died on the cross to save us from all our sins, except for this book. Jesus didn't die for this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Cursing

thelizzielibrary's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

BIG DISCLAIMER: this book starts with a disclaimer from the author. Take it seriously. 

This book was not my cup of tea, and I honestly feel sick having finished it, but I'm rating it on writing, not my personal opinion so it's 2.5 stars. The plot is nuts, not super well put together, and the Knox sections were confusing and I skipped most of them. Also, I'm not a prude about cussing in books, I'm all for it, but my head ached trying to read 3 f***s in one sentence. To anyone who thinks Crescent City had too much cussing, this is not the book for you! 

I won't be finishing the series, I'm shocked I pushed through to finish it at all. 

TW: rape, sexual assault, murder, child death, miscarriage, misogyny, sexism, violence
^^^ take these warnings seriously ^^^

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence