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deathmetalheron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
But the delivery of many of these aspects is disappointingly subpar. The characters go through humiliation parade after parade. The garnish of shipping and naval vernacular immediately gives way to crude words for sexual interaction, the transition between the two being jarring at best and non-existent at worse.
The height of this book comes at Bennett's capture by Ashley Cutler--the dynamics indicated before suggest a conflict between Bennett as a character and her struggle between two loves. I daresay the second fifth to quarter of this book is pretty much phenomenal.
You could see it in my reading journal, but at the halfway point this book goes from a high tension pirate romance to an absolute slog. Some critical decision are made of Ashley's character that really draw the line and make him seem a bit more manipulative and Bennett (who's been characterized as being headstrong and skeptical) brushes them off. I get this is the appeal of a captor-captive romance but the characterization is quite literally strewn off the deck into the sea, NSFW
The final act is an absolute slog where Bennett is NSFW
Even during the good times, the way sexual interaction is written is hysterical and I saved numerous quotes. In a better story, they would be a fun aspect to giggle about and another layer to add to the story's atmosphere, but given the dark humiliating train to the end they come across as severely out of place and way too lighthearted. I was really hoping this book would be it, but MAN it was not.
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Torture, Rape, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Colonisation, Racism, Slavery, Alcohol, and Infidelity
direguard's review against another edition
- 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
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
adhara13's review against another edition
Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Infertility, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Colonisation
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