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marleyjade123's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cursing, Violence, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, and Cancer
adelagx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Kidnapping, Addiction, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child abuse and Panic attacks/disorders
jacinta1711's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Cursing
Minor: Addiction
starryaqua's review against another edition
CW: domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, rape, coercion, violence and uhh…. gross misogyny, etc, etc
I took a risk with this one. I thought this was gonna be a chill, turn-your-brain-off kind of romance. I can do dark romance without an issue. But this? Is truly something else.
The writing is extremely immature and barely edited. Way too shallow to handle content of this nature, even if it’s supposed to be mindless. I was catching blatant errors (like forgetting the character’s pov mid-chapter and having them accidentally say their own name in dialogue). Physical descriptions were giving teenage Wattpad fanfiction. Like filling a paragraph with the main character talking about her getting dressed. Ebony D’arkness Dementia Raven Way type of prose.
Speaking of, the fmc was THE most “not like other girls”, edgy and damaged and “tough” fmc I’ve ever read. The ~silver~ hair and piercings and tattoos and clunky boots. Not her calling herself a “rocker chick” as she put on a concert shirt for The Killers. I wish I was making this up. Just her and her bat and her overpowered skill to knock out four huge men against the world. She was bland, tired, and miserable to follow. I simply did not care about her and definitely didn’t care for the fact that we were told EVERYTHING about her. Like she was directly blabbing to the reader.
The other main characters (love interests? I guess) are equally insufferable and horrendously trope-y. All comically huge and tough and spewing the most constant stream of misogynistic vitriol it was actually gross to read. Their inner monologue was either annoying and boring or downright disturbing. All of them were insanely sexually charged at all times, some getting off on gratuitous displays of gore and violence. If any of them were supposed to be redeemable in the eyes of the reader or if their actions were justified, I didn’t care to keep reading. Nor could there ever be an excuse to their calling dibs on their new “property”, discussing raping her, and immediately sexually assaulting her, or threatening her with needless violence.
The plot was as thin as a tissue. Mafia made a deal with fmc’s dad, he falls through, they collect the debt by kidnapping his daughter to “own” her. Why? No reason. 2013 fanfiction was calling I guess. I didn’t read more to find out what happens, but I don’t need to to know that whatever sex occurs won’t be consensual. Dubious at best. Coercion isn’t consent. Threats aren’t consent. There’s nothing safe and sane about holding someone captive and immediately pushing your <i>actually</i> psychopathic murderous sadism on someone. That’s not how this works. It’s a shaky line of fantasies and actual harm in its portrayal, leaning hard on the incredibly unethical practices.
For the level of strength, sheer walls of muscle mass, and penitent for violence, it truly made no sense that the men were even human? Everything about them (especially Diesel) read like they were some sort of inhuman force. His lust for blood and biting at people’s skin (he ripped an earlobe off with his teeth?) was so unnatural for just a regular human dude. An extremely fucked up human, but still. Human. If this was fanfiction of some kind I wouldn’t be surprised.
TDLR: yikes. If you want to write unethically violent rape-y fantasies, at least get an editor with better eyes.
Graphic: Sexism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Misogyny, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Blood, Addiction, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
bexxii00's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Rape, and Self harm
rory_drake's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual assault, Body horror, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Murder, Car accident, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Deportation, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse
notamouse's review against another edition
1.5
Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
poupimali's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Let me get this straight:
- it is dark, twisted and gore
- why choose
- incredible strong sassy bitter big mouth FMC (one of my favorite SO FAR)
- 4 Vipers (mafia):
Diesel the unhinged
Kenzo the sweet and calculated
Ryder the icy leader
Garrett the tortured enforcer
And you can say what ever you want but Diesel is the most interesting character I’ve ever read.
I laughed , I cringed, I pulled some tears (yes).
It was amazing.
Obviously read the TW because it is clearly NOT for everyone
Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Blood, Child abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Sexual content
emmydoil's review against another edition
I've read fanfics that had better writing then this book and that was deeply upsetting since people raved about this.
The characters were rushed in fleshing out their development, and everything felt sloppy.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Violence, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
peeshy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail