Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

5 reviews

lizardteeth's review

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

• My review is for all three books
• The series is wonderful yet Sakavic found a way to ruin it every time it began to shine. From the unneeded
  sex
  scenes-which frankly felt forced and were included for the sake of fanservice, entire lulls in between rushed arcs, to the edgy, dramatic, and repetitive situations all come off as above average quality Wattpad mafia fanfics. That being said Sakavic still had me wanting to find out what happened to the characters despite my aversion to sport themed content normally. Finally, the ending felt entirely too rushed and highlighted how Sakavic uses trauma as a romance plot rather than the seriousness it should have been dealt with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Torture, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Gun violence

fa1ryts's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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: Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Stalking, Sexual assault, Cursing, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

natnat_7's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Sexism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, and Religious bigotry

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Again, the only big difference with character appearances is how they canonical appearance is different from the fanon appearance. I liked this book because the main character was more confident and just a little bit arrogant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

diana_barv's review

dark emotional tense 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

4.75

It’s 4 am and I am an emotional mess. My eyes burn from crying and my mind is still trying to process it down. It was awful, it just fucking broke me and every single character in the course of it. And that is why it was bloody brilliant. Boi does it has issues, and it was way darker than my usual reads. But damn. Let me sleep and I shall write down more coherent stuff.
I am coherent now: It is not a perfect book, or plot or story. So many trigger warnings. I cried so so much with all the stuff Neil went through the last part. And Andrew, holy mother fucking shirtballs. That was... I didn’t... It left me shocked to my core and I know Aaron is kind of a dick but He did what I would have done and I respect him for it. 
And yet I gave it 4.75 stars because the characters are so full and interesting and boi do they carry this convoluted plot forward. Neil is my everything. I just love him so much. I love the foxes immensely and I do not claim to say they are either sane or functional but wow. They just went up there next to other iconic characters in my heart. Wymack and Abby are the parents they deserve.
Currently reading the last one and boi oh boi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Blood, Addiction, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Car accident, and Death of parent