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zade is sick in the head
and i'm sick in the head for finishing this book
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Plot: Intriguing and unique. No middle slump! The different development rates of the subplots kept me coming back to it daily and the cliffhanger has me aching to read the next one. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not for everyone. This book is DARK and as far as grey areas go this book goes into the charcoal/ black.
Spice: Carolina Reaper level! Definitely check the trigger warnings (again… DARK). Also a couple ick moment as far as some vocab choices but that’s a personal thing.
Writing: Great moments but also some elements that could be tidied up (many instances of using the same word 2x in one phrase etc.). I listened to the audiobook and the performance was perfection- highly suggest.
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Alcohol
I will not recommend this book openly to anyone. Please please please know what you are getting into. Read the trigger warnings and then read them again. I have not read anything so graphic in the gore and rape as is in this book. It was not the best writing in the world, but it did scratch an itch - that I am very ashamed to have - and I couldn't put it down (unless I couldn't stomach it anymore for the day). The last 10% is very triggering and you should be of sound mind to get through it.
The romance/smut aspect of this book: the smut is very good (oh god I really am going to hell). My dear dear cousin summed it up beautifully, "if you have ever had a rape fantasy, then you will like this book." I feel like that is a great warning for the spice in this book. THE GUN SCENE!!! Don't read or listen to this in public because damn, I thought I had a good smut in public poker face but I was proved so wrong.
Now I have to decide if I will read the next book, not because the story isn't compelling, but because I have to decide if I want to be the person I will be when I am done with it.
Side note: I will not be discussing any of my feeling about this with anyone who has not read the book since they are my only safe space in this category lol
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment