Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Ruining Dahlia by C.R. Jane

3 reviews

teaandcrochet27's review

challenging dark emotional fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

laura_rheads_too_much's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

lexizee's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

This book had me hooked from the very beginning. I liked all the main characters (Dahlia, Gabriel, Lucien, and Raphael) and they're all so different but similar to each other.

There was one thing that was inconsistent, though (from what I've noticed, at least). Somewhere towards the beginning of the book it was mentioned Dahlia was allergic to beets, but towards the end-ish it changed to radish. It didn't necessarily bother me to the point I'd lower my rating but it would be nice if the food allergy was consistent.

Though there was that one scene towards the end of the book where Raphael was on the roof and Lucien revealed the secret he's been keeping from everyone was a bit so-so for me because it just happened so quickly, and was very Hallmark-y for my liking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia