Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Chosen by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

10 reviews

authorannafaundez's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

And here at book #3, we finally have some character development!

Not to say the book doesn't have problems. I was curious if Zoey and co. would get less judgemental and rude as the series went on, so I made a tally sheet! We have 15 counts of calling people "slut" or "ho," 13 counts of "hag," 6 counts of really weird remarks around being gay, 3 very judgemental and unnecessary moments, and 1 use of the R-word. Look at that: growth. (Yes, the previous two books were worse, but I didn't get a 100% accurate tally for them, because I kept forgetting my little notebook.)

The base story, the plot, is still the best part of these books. I could live with a lot less teenage angst and drama. I was a teenager not that long ago--about a decade, if you must know. It's 2024 currently--I remember what it was like. And uh, a lot of how this book portrays teens just isn't it. The authors, just like last time, seem out of touch and trying to make up for it by excessive use of clichés.

And I'm only going to say one thing about the adult/minor relationship in this book: the authors did a terrible job making it extremely clear that kind of relationship is always inappropriate and wrong. These books are marketed directly to young girls. Do better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Blood, Body horror, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Bullying

Minor: Sexual content

r4chel_lee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

2.0

I feel like the series really picks up in this book. In a way, very realistic to how quickly things change, but also incredibly unrealistic because it's a couple of days, not even weeks. This book also deals with much heavier sexual themes that are pretty quickly in your face, but also not well discussed before or after. It shocked me the first time I read it as a teenager, and it shocked me again as an adult even though I was expecting it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault

daralexandria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Sexual content

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, and Violence

bookwormforlifeandmore's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Grief

doomluz's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Blood, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Homophobia

nick13's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I had fun with this book just like the last two in the series but...not as much. There were times where the character was kind of racist, and I felt like it was the author speaking through the character ngl, and also she just did so many terrible things. While I usually don't mind morally bad main characters, she also just felt incredibly stupid while doing it just so that the plot could continue and not because that's how she would actually act in reality. Overall, the writing and world building continues to be bad but this time with a lot less fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Gaslighting, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Murder, and Physical abuse

bendersreads's review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content and War

kittycattmeow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Sexual content

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Sexual content