Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Painted Scars by Neva Altaj

30 reviews

krystalframe's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual assault

nimra64672's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

2.0

I was looking for a good fast pace and easy read ... this book definitely filled that criteria

Not to mention a morally gray Pakhan, who is ready to kill anyone who touches his Nina 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

sameeha_r05's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and War

dovahkiin_shea's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse and Torture

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

This is somehow not a dark romance even with the love interest being a mafia boss.

I enjoyed that there were no cnc scenes and I believe this book could be recommended to people who want to find out if they could like dark romances, because this book definitely has the glorification of violence typical for dark romances, but without the relationship between the fMC and mMC being dark as he treats her very respectfully, does not cross any of her boundaries and so on...

The fMC is not involved at all in the mafia business and while her ability to play other characters is cool she is not giving...bad bitch

- he falls first and harder
- like a mafia romance but make it hallmark with sex scenes (not that much depth but the romance was sweet)
- spice 1/5 (not that low of a quantity but not very detailed and quite vanilla, no tension was created so even the open door scenes were boring)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

melissa_rueff's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

Interesting story with a character dealing with disabilities and it had an interesting  way to deal with ptsd in new relationships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Ableism, Body horror, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Child abuse

agmurph87's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

elslinky's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault

changeusernamel8r's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

1st person, Dual POV
Standalone
Tropes/Plot details:

- MMC likes laying in FMC legs and getting his hair touched
- MMC buying expensive thing to FMC
- Height difference (FMC is 5ft)
- Age Gap (FMC is 24, MMC is 35)
- 3rd act breakup
- Pregnancy at the ending

Steam: All the "smutty" scenes lasted less than a page.

FMC even said once that their sex lasted one minute and it's pretty accurate. Lit every scene he pulled inside and both of them immediately came.

I read this bc of an insta post that said sth like:

"When he orders his man to sit down when she enters a room bc it made her nervous/bc of trauma"

It was a scam, it was mentioned only once and it lasted a paragraph.

My opinion:

I should know better than to believe recs from reels.

If not for the stupid 3rd act divorce I would even have said I liked this.

Overall: it was bad but I've read worse. 

Also even with HEA their relationship probably wouldn't last long, by the end of the year they'll be divorced again lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

CW details:

▪︎Attempted rape/PTSD: To FMC only brief mention, but she deals with trauma from the incident, she's triggered by tall men, wrist or neck grabbing and missionary in bed. It's alluded that secondary characters were raped but nothing is mentioned. ▪︎Torture: FMC catches MMC torturing someone, the person is stabbed and fingers are cut, the person dies. ▪︎ Disability/Injury: MMC is in wheelchair most of the book but with rehabilitation he ends

walking w/assistance of cane.

treestostars's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Torture, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault