Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

8 reviews

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.25

Toxic relationship, SA triggers, assault. He burns down her literal house and she is just so fine about that. It's gotta be a "No" from me dawg, sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cursing, Stalking, and Violence

quietmarki's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Misogyny, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Animal death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

kaltenmark24's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

imireviewsbooks's review

dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Grief, and Addiction

legendjunes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

aniyahno's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

geoblockreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.25

If you're reading this, it's not because you're wanting some kind of award-winning, modern classic. It's a fun, smutty read, with a surprising amount of tension in the plot. I didn't really like the main character, or the love interest. They felt pretty cookie cutter. The one character I actually really liked was Kai, so chapter 25 was a favourite chapter of mine.

My only critique would be

the final showdown with Trevor. It felt like a badly written supervillian scene, and had me cringing with the goofiness of it all. It was so bad! Are you really trying to tell me some nineteen year old rich kid is some kind of Bond villain?

However, the tension in Rika's scenes with the group, and the whole prey/stalking thing was probably the highlight of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping and Stalking

readwithelle's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol