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The Annihilator by RuNyx

11 reviews

manaledi's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Ah this wasn't it. The first few books in this series had a better balance of plot and romance and a better balance of dark and hope and this was dark without needing to be. I get why this relationship had to close the plot loops and set everything up and also how little room there was to maneuver with how the shadow man only watches and doesn't help but eish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

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

scarletheart's review

adventurous dark emotional tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Trafficking

alessiasettembrini's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Torture, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Stalking, Rape, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Infertility, Gaslighting, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

zayyssa's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, Slavery, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Confinement, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Moderate: Drug use

Not for the faint hearted. HEED THE AUTHOR'S TW.

navisti's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

questionablereads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I can not stress enough how much I loved this book, and this series as a whole. In my opinion, The Annihilator is the darkest book of all five books, and while I cried like a baby over a woman making a cup of tea, this read was everything I love about the world RuNyx has given her readers. It's dark, twisted, scary, SPICY, and the men are adamant about writing wrongs, while the woman regardless of how many times they fall, they get back up. Great read, and just a fantastic series altogether.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

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

quietmarki's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Grief, Body horror, Gun violence, Infertility, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy