Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Annihilator by RuNyx

4 reviews

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

3.75

Don’t skip the TWs on this one, wow it’s sad and difficult. But I loved Lyla as a main character, so strong even through the worst life. The Shadow Man is a lot, but the way he feels about her is pretty cute and obviously OTT. 

DARK Romance, Stalking, Emotional, 4 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abandonment, Grief, Self harm, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, and Sexual harassment

perennialpage's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

Trigger warnings GALORE. I don’t need trigger warnings myself but this one basically has them all. I think I liked the idea of the main characters more than I actually like them if that makes sense. There was so much potential here and it just felt wasted on sex scenes that were incredibly visual and graphic and happening way to quick in my opinion. SPOILERS AHEAD 

It felt completely unrealistic that someone who had been a sex slave that was abused and raped since she was a child was so quick to let an assassin possessive alpha male dominate her. Perhaps if it was written better or somewhat more sensitively it wouldn’t have left a strange taste in my mouth. I like that he watches out for her and had her best interests in mind, and I loved that she felt safe with him, but something about the way certain scenes were written just gave me the ick. Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it, and made it to the end at least. But at this point I’m just finishing the books so I can figure out who the head hauncho bad guy is.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Slavery, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Self harm, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Gore, and Drug abuse

andeng's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment, Drug use, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Infertility

lianareadss's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5 stars//

this book was disturbing,, if the author hadn't actually noted the fact that there would be stockholm syndrome, a sociopath, and cnc it wouldve been worse. at least she did cnc right even though i did see some recurring themes from the Haunting Adeline duet and i dont know if it is inspired by it, but it wasn't as graphic or explicit as Haunting Adeline/Hunting Adeline. it is still pretty strange and the mc was also borderline creepy with the way he controlled Lyla. nevertheless, that was already noted in the beginning. idk how i feel about this book; part of me is glad we got more about the plot but it also wasn't moving forward. don't like this couple bc it's just a weird dynamic with the whole stockholm syndrome/stalker situation and the guy said some dumb shit at alot of points,, meh idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Mental illness, Torture, Stalking, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm