Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

81 reviews

alxisrae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Torture, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

roguette's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Enjoyed it, might re-read in the future, but not something that consumed me. RH, dark, many kinks explored - definitely a good level of spice. 
Diesel was hilarious; Roxy was a staunch MF - but sometimes her internal monologue got repetitive....

How many times does she need to announce that she's a Viper?!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Death, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Violence

geesusbeesus's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Genuinely gave this book a shot because I saw so much hype about it on TikTok. I feel like it was overhyped a little, but there were also some really good parts worth reading. I really loved how they touched on a lot of sensitive subjects, and I'll give it credit for having some laughable moments. Some of the smut scenes were decent. I'll never judge anyone for how dark they like their books, I love dark romance, so that's not why I gave it such a low rating.

The cringe level just made it really difficult to read, I almost DNFd half way throught and part of me regrets reading the rest. It was giving 2015 Wattpad vibes and not in a good way. Roxanne is very "im not like the other girls, im a badass, just one of the guys lol" and the guys' personalities were overexaggerated. It felt like it was dragged out way too long and I found myself skimming the last 200 or so pages of the book. Definitely couldve been shorter. Not to mention the ultra-unrealistic feel to it. I get it, it's fiction, but majority of this book is simply not realistic or on par with "mafia/gang". Fair warning, there's a lot - and I mean a lot - of violence and smut in this. Every other scene is either torture/maiming/murder, or smut. It's a bit over the top. 

Also, finding out how quickly this all progresses was a shocker. I was surprised at such a fast pace, I thought this took place over the span of maybe a few months. 

Going into specifics-

The funeral for Sam was a good idea, but it also didn't make sense because they didn't really show her developing a friendship with him like that. I loved Roxy in the beginning, but she kinda turned into a power hungry and rude person towards the end, specifically noting when they were in the casino towards the end and she treats a security guard like crap... for what reason? This one is more of a personal pet peeve but the whole play on words with Vipers thing was kinda overplayed - using venom, coiled, like a snake, the snake pit, ect. - and the overuse of the petnames gets to me too - using "love" at the beginning and end of every sentance. And the sheer amount that they maimed/killed people.. theres a club scene where, in the span of probably about 15 minutes, Roxanne runs into a guy who calls her a whore and she beats him up, then a security guard mistakes her for a dancer and Garrett beats him half to death, and then the first guys brother confronts them and Diesel kills him. Its a little overkill, pun intended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, and Violence

wyrmofthebook's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

Absolutely not. I saw this book off of tiktok and thought “why not.” It’s a reverse harem and thought, “let’s change it up a bit.” 

Oh I shouldn’t have. 

The MFC was insufferable. The 4 “vipers” with all of their issues were just as equally insufferable. First off- what plot? I could see right through it and there was no surprise or twist. Second of all— this doesn’t have smut, this is just straight up porn. Like you’re going into the depths of pornhub… disturbing af. Knife play, blood play, sodomy (with a WATER BOTTLE?!), gun play… you name it, they did it. Third of all— there’s this mentality where the MFC has to “fix” one of the vipers because of his PTSD. So there are just some random monologues of how the MFC is just equally as broken as each of the vipers and that they need to “let her in…” 

Please don’t waste your time. This book was honestly laughable at just how bad it was. If you loved it??? Please seek help.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

jamiee_96's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, and Gore

bekaboo's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Torture, and Violence

bunandababy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Addiction, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, Animal death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Stalking

_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

attackofthebrat's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.25

This was the biggest piece of garbage I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Rape, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Body horror, Blood, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

maskihaan's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-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

4.0

I absolutely loved this book. 1000% worth the hype. There were a few moments that really pushed past my personal comfort zone and a good number of typos in the book so I’m not going to give it 5 stars but I really loved it otherwise. Roxy is such a badass and I love the growth of all the guys and the way they all compliment each other. I was blown away by some of the timeless wisdom about life woven into the book as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Body horror, and Car accident