Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Merciless by Willow Winters, W. Winters

9 reviews

528's review

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1.0

I couldnt Finish it.
I sometimes like to read a good written dark romance but this was just dark without any romance.

He just kidnapped her to brake her and traines her to be his slave.
No feeling no love no anything.
Nothing than his wants and her giving in and obeying because of the terror of being sent back to a monster of her past and the threat of being put back in the cell in which he kept her the first weeks.
Stockholm syndrome sold as romance.🆘

The only acceptable ending for this book would be if she killed him in the end.☠️

The writing was good though.✅

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firesage999's review

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

2.0


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booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense 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

3.0


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sonilikesbooks's review

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0


Literally just Stockholm syndrome.

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ezrazoe4's review

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

2.5

It was enjoyable, though more towards a psychological thriller than a dark romance. I liked seeing how captivity affected the mentality of the protagonist, the romance not so much. The romance was non existent. It was mostly just sexual tension and the love interest being possessive, which I suppose some people would find romantic, but in this context is eh. His motivations and backstory, especially regarding the main character, made no sense.
He basically blamed her for saving his life in the most indirect of ways, and then goes on to hate her because... he didn't die. He blames her for him becoming a mob boss and 'tainting his soul'. Like, what even is this.


On the whole, the characters are rather formulaic for a romance novel: innocent doe-eyed girl meets the bad boy- borderline abusive- love interest. And I get that it's a dark romance... but the characters still need to have some kind of romantic feelings, right? I haven't seen any spark of chemistry between the main characters other then the smut. 

The writing is basic and has weird sentence structure sometimes. It repeats itself very often. There's a new paragraph for every sentence. This book is more of a turn-your-brain-off book than an intricately plotted one, so just read it for the smut. 

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cliterature's review against another edition

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0.25

Stockholm syndrome. Carter basically abuses Aria to break her so she submits to him. He succeeds, she becomes completely broken and it made me so sad and mad.

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fanboyriot's review against another edition

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dark 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? Yes

4.5

I feel like saying this was really cute might be misleading considering it’s a dark romance… but this was surprisingly really cute.

Definitely gives Sons of Anarchy vibes.  With an MC like Carter—someone who is cold to the world yet protecting what’s his it would be difficult not to be interested in the rest of the series.  Aria took me a little longer to like but she’s a great MC as well.  Strong, perceptive, and intelligent enough to know how to act in different situations.

They both seem just as stubborn as the other Carter showing it in a more possessive way so it was rather interesting seeing them interact and get more comfortable around the other.

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theotherboleyn's review

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0


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ashleyslessor's review against another edition

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tense medium-paced

1.0

I read this because I was in a reading slump and it was recommended. It’s pretty bad, there is a lot of triggering scenes and it just felt like instead of it having scenes about BDSM it was more about glorifying abusive relationships. Consent is barely considered in this novel, and as a whole left a bad taste in my mouth. The characters are pretty bland and there was minimal to no connection between the two aside from the forced relationship through coercion and Stockholm syndrome.

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