Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Electric Idol by Katee Robert

32 reviews

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.25

Loved this, ate it up, so good. We have now heard about 2 of the 4 sisters this series revolves around and I’m guessing I know who comes next. Katee is such a brilliant writer and storyteller. I’m so impressed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent and War

midnacine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

All in all, I really enjoyed this! The villain in this story was a lot more well-developed than the villain in the first book, like I had a reason to be scared of them. But I did give this one half a star less than the first for two main reasons:

1. While there's distinction between Eros and Psyche's voices in the book itself, they weren't much different from Hades and Persephone's in the first one. Hades and Eros sounded the same, and so did Persephone and Psyche. Also there were a lot of recycled analogies or statements that didn't necessarily fit between both characters, but were used anyways.

2. There's a lot of inconsistencies between this book and the first, from small details to the whole timeline, and it was really hard for me to ignore. In the first, Demeter had 4 marriages, each daughter being from a different one. In this, Demeter had 3 marriages, Persephone and Psyche sharing a father.

The timeline issues are a lot harder to figure out. I swear I was doing mental gymnastics trying to pin point when exactly this book was set. In Neon Gods, we meet Persephone and Hades in mid January, 3 months before Persephone's 25th birthday in April. Their romance blossoms over the course of 6 weeks and we see their story end roughly around late February, early March. In this book, we're told that it's been 2 months since the events of the last, which would logically put us in late April or early May. However, it's still cold outside, and at some point Eros says it's been barely 2 months since Christmas. It was really confusing for me and hard to ignore.

Aside from those, the character development, plot, and spice were fantastic. I'd like to see a little more world building in the next one, but I doubt it'll happen. Still looking forward to reading it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual content, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Stalking, Murder, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, and Pregnancy

author2223's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional relaxing medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wholly different from Neon Gods with some linguistic similarities but no less enjoyable. I have a strong pull toward Hades and Persephone for some unknown reason but I really liked this Psyche and Eros retelling. Psyche is stunning in this novel and made me want to be her. The spice was less shocking than the first novel but no less entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Gun violence, War, Violence, and Bullying

canascorner's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved them together. I felt more connected to them as characters. I related a lot to Psyche and her internal struggles. I thought it was nice that societal standard of beauty were touched on throughout the book. I do wish they we could have seen more about how she keeps her feelings in check about being bullied for her size. 

The smut was great. It wasn’t as kinky as Neon Gods but I felt more connected to the characters so I liked their scenes together wayyyy more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Cursing and Eating disorder

oakleylynch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Death, Cursing, Classism, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Child abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Grief, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical content, Excrement, War, Adult/minor relationship, and Stalking

unwise_samwise's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Stalking and Adult/minor relationship

cocpop_reads's review

emotional 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

4.25

I enjoyed this book so much. I listened to the audiobook and I think, sometimes, that adds to the story. I felt so immersed in the story.

Psyche and Eros were perfect for one another. And I love when the guy falls before the girl.

I didn’t mind that the conflict was Aphrodite, but I would’ve loved to see more of the relationship over a longer period of time. I wasn’t expecting the story to take place in a one week period. But I loved everything that took place in the book, especially Psyche helping Eros realize his worth beyond what his mother molded him to be.

2.5/5 on the spicy scale. There wasn’t that many sex scenes in the book. I think this was more plot based which I enjoyed. The audio of the scenes though was perfect.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

Eros was groomed to be the person he is by his mother, and she definitely emotionally abused him as a child. Such as withholding her love as “punishment” when he didn’t want to follow her plans.

mxm0290's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and Alcohol

nasialex's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse