Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Electric Idol by Katee Robert

35 reviews

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.

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Cursing, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Stalking, and 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

skudiklier's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was pretty similar to the first one (in a good way!). I liked it, and it's interesting to see more of this world from different perspectives, even if I still am confused by some of the ways this world works in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Suicide

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

jadatrack's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Alcohol

kelsdangelo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

I picked up this book at Barnes and Nobles after reading the first book in the series, “Neon Gods”. I fell in love with the first book and knew I had to read this one. I loved the plot & characters of this book, even more so than the first. The main protagonist, Pysche, I adored. I loved the fact she was a plus size woman too. Overall, my new favorite book and series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Sexual content, and Cursing

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

kylasmv15's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence

Minor: Abandonment