Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

8 reviews

klsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Death, Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Torture, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy

quietmarki's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

1.0

Please send Shantel Tessier to therapy please! This book is bad, has every trigger warning that exist!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Stalking, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Misogyny, Classism, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, and Sexism

caroline_bel's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Gun violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Rape, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual assault, Cursing, Torture, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Death, Blood, Misogyny, Death of parent, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

suebug's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Slavery, Drug abuse, Cursing, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, Alcohol, and Addiction

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Gun violence, Bullying, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Blood, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

atranscryptid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Domestic abuse

romancejunkie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Well, it’s 5am and I just finished reading, so that says something. I have a crap ton of mixed feelings about this book, so I figured listing my likes and dislikes is the easiest thing. 

Likes:
• Ryat is obsessed with her. An OTT, crazed hero who refused to share her with anyone. 
• He was a bad man, but he had honor. Rape was off the table, and we saw that immediately. 
• The exploration of Blake’s sexual fantasies. I loved how he reassured her and allowed her to explore without judgement. 
• How he called her his good girl. UNF. 

Dislikes:
• Ryat is an OTT, possessive hero. He took it too far, IMO, his actions turning abusive in some situations. Some authors walk the line of possessiveness and can’t live without them vibes without teetering into abuse. This author did not manage that. 
• The drama. Sweet Christ, the drama. The twists and turns and BS coming out of left field. It was a fucking soap opera. 
• Wtf was with all the flashbacks? Why TF couldn’t she actually put those IN the current timeline. Zero reason as far as I could tell except for lazy storytelling. 
• She wrote an engaging story—I’ll say that—but her actual writing leaves something to be desired. She needed an editor. Badly. And someone needs to break her exclamation key. 
• The amount of violence. It was grotesque, unnecessary, and overkill. 
• The sex scenes got repetitive and boring. Yeah, I said it. But I can only read the same things so many times before I start skimming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Medical content, Gore, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Abandonment

sam019's review against another edition

I love dark romances but this one was a bit much for me, unfortunately. I just couldn't lie to myself by saying I liked any of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse