Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Electric Idol by Katee Robert

7 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

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

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.

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

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

venetiana's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

An okay read, but especially in comparison with Neon Gods, it really didn't do anything for me. Also a bit repetitive and dragged out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexism, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Cursing, Body shaming, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Death