Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling

5 reviews

bookishbabbles's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

I can’t believe I actually finished this book! This book was so hard to finish because of it’s dark themes. First, this book features Pedophilia!  This book is about grooming and child molestors. I went into it thinking that it would be a traditional age gap but it is not. The characters first meet when the girl was 7!!!! I like dark books but this is just way too much. The male character gets off on the fact that the girl is an underage child. She does all the little girl things such as “sucking on a Lollipop” which is constantly brought up. During sex, the male character calls her “little girl” and that I could not stomach. He is very clear that he’s “loved her since they met” when she was 7! Mind you, when they finally get together the girl is still 17. I don’t shame anyone but I cannot stomach this kind of thing. I couldn’t  think of these scenes as “sexy” they just made my stomach turn. Would not recommend unless you are truly into “Dark and Twisted” romance, not just getting into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, and Excrement

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

maryyylorraine's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

clairesneverland's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

Okay, typically I don’t mind age gap romances, but the protagonist needs to be at least 18 years old. I don’t care that the age of consent is 17 where the book takes place. They gotta be at least 18, okay? Okay. That and the fact that just when I thought this book was gonna end, there was still hours left based on my kindle reading speed. This book was sooooooo drawn out. Those two things were really the only things that irked me. Other than that, I loved our main characters and the found family aspect of the MC and how the club members just accepted and cared for Lou. I am interested in reading the other books of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Gore, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Drug use

charm0nix's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Chronic illness

Minor: Kidnapping