Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Ritual - A szertartás by Shantel Tessier

37 reviews

meganlaza'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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Classism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Rape, Bullying, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

smilestarshine's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Torture, Gaslighting, Violence, and Rape

lexuslovesbooks's review against another edition

this is so painfully pretentious,
the lords sound like big violent babies and there is no substance or plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Blood

chesneisanchez's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Child death, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Sexual content, Blood, Rape, and Violence

cheeserue's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

"I’d go to war for my wife. One man was nothing."

and go to war they did; just, not the kind he expected.

wtf was this book? why did they build up a good plot only for it to suck so bad in the end? WHY DID SHE KEEP TAKE THE DRUGS WILLINGLY?! why did they take (approximately) 1000 showers?

force sex fantasy and CNC but not one conversation about limits or safe words, GHB fed to her every 5 seconds, fucking next to dead bodies, secret society plotline barely touched, FMC having just about no personality, obsessed ex bf who didn't want her when they were together but now wants her because his enemy has her, random elopement so she doesnt have to be forced into marriage to said ex bf. it just keeps going. 

I love dark romances, especially CNC/FSF but this wasn't it. this book didn't need to be 600 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

lillerstehund's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Drug use, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Vomit

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

sabrina7's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

i tend to be wary of secret societies in books as they’re often incorporated into college or high school settings which kinda feels ridiculous because omg all of the characters are just kids !! knowing this, i intentionally attempted to go into this book with an open mind and yet it still felt soooo silly to me and the characters just came across as dumb as much of their behavior made little sense. i definitely liked the first half of the book way better than the last half mainly because as the author tried to wrap everything up and explain all of the mysteries that had been perpetuated throughout the book, the final acts and explanations for everything just felt somehow lackluster and absurd at the same time. also given that this book is classified as erotica i want to comment on the sex scenes. there were a lot of intriguing kinks in here that were fun to read but i felt like the sex scenes were not really detailed or long enough to be that great. some scenes were definitely more involved and better than others but i kinda finished this book feeling underwhelmed by the sex scenes. i loved ryat’s response to blakely’s feelings of shame regarding her kinks. i think the amount of sex that it is implied the two main characters have throughout the book is concerning lol but i guess given that none of this book is very realistic, the preposterous amount of sex these characters are said to have is on brand. overall i guess i’m glad it be in the loop about this book since a lot of people have read this book and have things to say about it, but i definitely won’t be reading other works by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

skylar5385's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Stalking, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

katiemi11s's review against another edition

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

1.0

dark, spicy, plot was there but could’ve used more, characters weren’t that likeable

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Domestic abuse