Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Sea of Ruin by Pam Godwin

52 reviews

kaitlintracy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Gore, Medical trauma, Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Murder

paigeantonacci's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Gun violence, Death of parent, Vomit, Rape, Slavery, and Physical abuse

leighlo_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

A badass female pirate with two obsessive, possessive men chasing after her; what’s not to love?  This was a fun read! I wanted it spicier though. I would have liked more MMF scenes. Check trigger warnings, it gets pretty dark at times. 

- Age gap (11 years and 13 years)
- Enemies to lovers
- Captor x captive
- One bed trope
- Forced proximity 
- 🐱 spanking 
- 🍑 spanking 
- Non-con
- Cheating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Gore, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery and Physical abuse

phoenixskye's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Slavery, Death of parent, Rape, and Blood

oharamboure's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

I so badly wanted to like this book. The summary sounded awesome, pirate captain searching for treasure that has been promised to her and in the meantime dealing with romance. I liked the way the author wrote, and while the opening is very tragic, it made sense for the characters backstory. What I didn't like was how the audience is supposed to sympathize with one of the MMCs and buy into the romance between him and the FMC after

he brutally abuses her.

There is one scene near the beginning of the book that I found to be so shocking and disturbing that it put me off the character for pretty much the rest of the book. Quick outline of that scene here in case you wanna have a heads up before diving in.

One of the MMCs ties the FMC arms together and throws her off the boat to hang there for over an hour. He then hits her in the genitals many times. He then SAs her.

I was expecting an enemies to lovers between a pirate captain and a high ranking navel officer, but what I got was an abusive MMC. I didn't realize this was a "dark romance" so if you are a fan of that genre and pirates, you might be into this book. It just wasn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Slavery and Racism

sinnybuns's review against another edition

Honestly this book is just far too triggering for me. I’m very much invested in the characters and the romance, and I really wish I could keep reading but the plot is just too triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Torture, Rape, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

thesmutfairy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

There is no one who write dark like Pam, and I will die on that hill. I was so lost in this book I couldn’t put it down. The writing was beautiful and captivating. Pam had a way of taking you on a dark and twisted journey but making everything ok with heart stopping words. I loved this story from start to finish. BRAVO! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, and Physical abuse

scutler's review against another edition

Genuinely one of the worst books I’ve ever read in my life. Kept reading with hope it would get better but nope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Child abuse

direguard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Racism, Death of parent, Suicide, and Infertility

Minor: Vomit, Classism, Excrement, Medical content, and Colonisation

amandalachelle's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia