Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

59 reviews

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I really really loved this book! A great introduction to this giant series. I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews on it and I agree with a small part of all of them. 

Someone said the first book is like a really long first chapter of a book. And while I agree, it’s a damn good first chapter. It’s an introduction to this fantasy world, but was so easy to understand, there was very little info dumping. 

I absolutely loved how all of the characters were built and their development. Their personalities, even the bad annoying characters, were so prominent it made the book so lovable and entertaining. Certain times when a character would appear I would get so excited to read their parts, no matter how small. And for a book that is mainly an introduction have that much character impact shows how great the character building and storytelling is. 

I will say I wish there was more internal turmoil between the two main characters Tori and Darcy. Their whole lives have been turned upside down and everything they’ve ever known is taken from them. And we don’t get to see much into their minds on how they are processing so much new information. It really lacked depth in that area. It was like after something incredibly strange happened, the girls thought about how weird and crazy this event was, and then just went along with it 2 minutes later. 

I loved the double povs between the twin mcs. But it would sometimes be confusing. I got a good grasp around 3/4 of the way into the book but before that I was having trouble deciphering between the two. There were many times where I was questioning which girl lived where, who has which power, etc. 

Also super random but the artwork on the beginning of each chapter was so beautiful but there were times where it wood cover up the words and I couldn’t understand what was happening. It didn’t happen every chapter but it happened enough for me to be annoyed by. 

Overall I really enjoyed this book, I’m so excited for the rest of the series so I could see more of each of the characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

solinel7's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

3.5🌟
Because the magic system is so cool and I can't wait to find out more. 
Loving the twins (I wanna know why people hate them).
Hating the Heirs (I wanna know why people like them).
The Heirs have to have some redeeming qualities but so far I see nothing. 
How do you fall in love with your bully?
I'm thinking of getting to book3 and then go back and read the guys' POV books.

Check for Trigger Warnings/Content ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

moiranetty's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Honestly didn’t like the first half of the book, the writing felt a bit clunky. The story started to pick up in the second half it felt like it picked up. I like maybe 3 characters in this book, the rest are just stupid assholes. Something that confused me was the twins are supposed to be from Chicago but use British terms?

“my uniform or sports kit”
“Darius to be slating her behind her back”
“put on some thongs, my feet aching too much to bear being confined to any shoes.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

hiddeninfantasy's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

alexleigh20's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Classism

ka_ke's review against another edition

I tried. Like I REALLY tried to like this  series. But I just could not get into it. Maybe it was the horoscopes, maybe it was the basic plot, but it definitely shouldn’t be compared to Harry Potter as an adult version with *spice*. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kellicat94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Grief, Abandonment, and War

beersbooksandbooos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I hesitated with reading this book because of the TW but I am glad I finally did. I understand why the TW were listed and why some might need them. This wasn't a fluffy book to read but a very dark book which I have been in the mood for. I am already falling for a few of the boys and I wonder what that says about me.  I really like how strong Darcy and Tory Vega are and you might think they are broken but they are not. I can't want to see what they are up to in the next book and I can't wait to read about some revenge. I love some good revenge. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

adreann's review

fast-paced

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

1.0

Psychotic sadistic men that are supposed to end up being lovers to the lead women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

love3v07's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol