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Dark Notes
by Pam Godwin
⚠️ Animal/pet death—on page—in this book⚠️
I didn’t see any TW/CW in the beginning of the book edition I read and felt it very important to warn potential readers about this trigger because it was indeed a traumatizing scene.
Other than that I really liked this book, which surprised me because of the FMC being (almost but) not quite legal. I’m impressed that this story was still palatable to me despite this issue. Either the entire story as a whole redeemed the underage issue for me, or perhaps the BDSM representation, or maybe a combination of both. Whatever the case, I ended up liking this book very much.
I’ve seen a lot of comments in other reviews about the BDSM not being realistic. I think that opinion is potentially coming from people that haven’t experienced or ever learned about Master/slave dynamics. Since this dynamic is one I have personal experience with, I was very comfortable with it and even felt excitement at being represented fairly well in a popular novel. It was certainly an astronomically better representation than 50 Shades (🤮), in my opinion! Was it perfect M/s representation? Maybe, maybe not. That dynamic is so dependent on each individual situation, though. Not all M/s dynamics look the same. And certainly the possessive/ownership aspect will make some readers who are entirely unexposed to M/s very cringey in their gender politics sensitivities. But again, in a BDSM M/s dynamic, those things are consent based and as long as that’s the case, I’m fully supportive.
I didn’t see any TW/CW in the beginning of the book edition I read and felt it very important to warn potential readers about this trigger because it was indeed a traumatizing scene.
Other than that I really liked this book, which surprised me because of the FMC being (almost but) not quite legal. I’m impressed that this story was still palatable to me despite this issue. Either the entire story as a whole redeemed the underage issue for me, or perhaps the BDSM representation, or maybe a combination of both. Whatever the case, I ended up liking this book very much.
I’ve seen a lot of comments in other reviews about the BDSM not being realistic. I think that opinion is potentially coming from people that haven’t experienced or ever learned about Master/slave dynamics. Since this dynamic is one I have personal experience with, I was very comfortable with it and even felt excitement at being represented fairly well in a popular novel. It was certainly an astronomically better representation than 50 Shades (🤮), in my opinion! Was it perfect M/s representation? Maybe, maybe not. That dynamic is so dependent on each individual situation, though. Not all M/s dynamics look the same. And certainly the possessive/ownership aspect will make some readers who are entirely unexposed to M/s very cringey in their gender politics sensitivities. But again, in a BDSM M/s dynamic, those things are consent based and as long as that’s the case, I’m fully supportive.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder