Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Electric Idol by Katee Robert

25 reviews

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.0

This book was hard to get through because it was so cheesy and not terribly interesting. The plot was are minimum for my enjoyment. The relationship was cute but just too cheesy for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Violence

readingwith_lorena's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia

bubblegirl858'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Honestly my fav Katee Robert book so far and I have read A LOT of her books. I am such a fan of the “irredeemable”, possessive, storm cloud male character matched with a sunshiny, trying not to have feels, smart female character. It is niche but totally my fav pairing and Katee writes it so well. Also her diversity with characters is effortless without being a big deal. Are there a lot of white characters? Yes. But the diversity of the rest of the cast is not like “oh look at me being diverse!” It is just normal which I appreciate. A great sequel to Neon Gods and I think I actually prefer this one. Much spicer and the “marriage of  convenience trope but they fall in love” gets me every time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fatphobia and Bullying

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

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming and Pregnancy

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

rhionline's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

5.0

I was unsure at first but when it really got done to it I loved these characters so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

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

audreytrml's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Body shaming

thaliareads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Such an interesting take on the structure and workings of a society based on Greek mythology. More importantly, I really enjoyed Psyche and Eros as main characters. They really shined and really grew into themselves and their strengths as the book progressed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, and Cursing

In general, Psyche does bring up past bullying and issues of fatphobia and body shaming. In addition, where there aren't explicitly described kinks in this book, it is still just as graphic sexual content as the first.

Psyche does have to treat an injury that Eros has obtained on one of his jobs for his mother and it is described. In addition, some men try and shoot Psyche while she hides behind a barrier. It is a short scene. As a hitman/fixer for his mother, Eros does discuss and contemplates the murders he's had to commit for his mother and how her treatment of him has affected his perspective on these actions.