Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Electric Idol by Katee Robert

32 reviews

djon100ecc's review against another edition

dark medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Murder

dancers_and_dragons's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Gun violence, Stalking, Cursing, Death, Bullying, Murder, Classism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

jessiereads98's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

3.25

Good, not great, but still worth reading. I really enjoyed the further exploration of Olympus politics which is what brought me back to this series. Eros and Psyche are likeable characters, especially Eros, even if they are a bit straight forward archetypes. Katee Robert’s writing is at times too simplistic and they have a tendency to repeatedly beat points over your head unnecessarily, rather than writing them in a way that feels natural. There’s also some places where there’s excessive or unnecessary detail such as every outfit a character wears, and every single thing they do including the car that gets them from point A to B. Overall, a compelling story with good fat representation that I think could’ve been crafted a bit better. I’ll continue with the series because Robert’s world building and concept of the city of Olympus and it’s politics is fascinating and well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Medical content

littletouya's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

kb33's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.0

This was wild. Eros is his mother’s “fixer,” ruining reputations, exiling, and unaliving people at her whim. He is ordered to cut out Psyche’s heart, and fully plans to go through with it until nearly the last moment, when he has a change of heart. He saves her and falls for her, and that’s literally the only redeeming thing he does. Psyche shrugs off all of his murders and atrocities, and all is well. WTF? “Even monsters deserve love.” This book just wasn’t for me. Serial killers don’t deserve love. This was fucking weird. It doesn’t even say he’s out of the business of killing people, it just HEA and ends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Child abuse

alexleigh20's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

tiana_king'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

4.5

This instalove I was less on board with in the beginning, compared to the last book, but by the halfway point of the story I was rooting for them. I liked that Psyche was an expert game player compared to Persephone. What world do they live in? Is there magic of some sort? Who the fuck knows lol A thrilling romance with a good enough plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

msradiosilence's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-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? Yes

4.0

Tldr; I enjoyed this one more than Neon Gods, but I’m really liking this series so far.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/electric-idol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Cursing, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Death, Sexual content, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Violence

kloughlin's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse and Violence

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse