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Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling

6 reviews

mrsgames2u's review

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

3.75

Emotional. Beautiful but long towards the end 
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hellodebbies's review against another edition

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Romanticizing pedophilia doesn't make you a good author đź’€
Do you realize she was 7 and he was 25 when they met ? They wrote to each others for year and he even said at some point that he viewed her as one of his kid. 
“Ten years waitin’ for you to grow up so I could do this." I'm sorry but this isn't something to say to someone you know from the age 7 and that viewe  as one of your kid for a moment đź’€
This is so wrong. I am all for age gap but this is disgusting. She was underaged and he was 35  when they had sexual intercourse. Making her obsessed with him doesn't mean that this relationship is right, that she knows what she is doing, she is 17, a teenager. He is an adult who shouldn't view her this way and the fact he even said it,make me realized that the author knew very well what she was doing. People who liked the book, did we read the same book ? 
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theartistreader's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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bookishbabbles's review against another edition

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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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airyvictoria's review against another edition

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

3.0

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zabeishumanish's review against another edition

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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

3.0

I had to skip most of the sex scenes. I love a good forbidden romance, but this was too much, like terrifyingly too much.
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