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A review by _youfloweryoufeast_
Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
emotional
slow-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
2.0
2 ⭐️
Genre: Romance
Age group : New Adult
POV : Third person POV / Multiple
Characters: 3/5 ⭐️
Plot: 2/5 ⭐️
Setting/Themes: 5/5 ⭐️
Writing: 4.5/5 ⭐️
• Please check TWs & CWs
• mature language, sexual scenes, abuse, violence, overdose, miscarriage, death of a loved one & etc
• HEA
“Apparuit iam beatitudo vestra”
Okay lots to say here. The storyline ? Not all that great, did I like it? Sure, yeah. Was I enthralled and amazed? Yeah, no. The characters, some of them got me a little upset. Not gonna lie. What I did love though was the atmosphere. The emphasis on the beauty of Italian literature and just language in general had me reeled. (Language whore things) and the mentions of Florence and various beautiful places, I loved those.
I didn’t love Gabriel. He was nice I guess. I loved how gentle he was, I loved that he was sweet to Julia and I liked that he was an attentive lover. What I loved most though was his affiliations with Oxford, Princeton and Harvard. Who dosent love academically rigorous institution alumnus?
Julia. I liked her. She’s nice and kind and sweet but after reading about strong, badass and no bullshit women in books, Julia didn’t really resonate with me. I liked her though.
Okay so, what I hated the most here, was the kink shaming. Major major kink shaming that went on for pages. There’ll be a minor spoiler here:
Gabriel was involved with a dominatrix that enjoys consensual S&M. Emphasis on the consensual. Gabriel shitting on said dominatrix because Julia dislikes S&M was just downright rude. It’s understandable on Julia’s end, she suffered sexual trauma (in a sense) and Co relating sex and pain is harmful for her , BUT GABRIEL. And the way kinks were portrayed in this book? Horrible. The way said dominatrix was portrayed ? Way worse.
It’s essential that we understand kinks are liberating to a whole lot of people, shitting on it isn’t exactly nice.
Overall though, I did enjoy the book. Paul calling Julia Rabbit made me gag but I liked Gabriel and Julia’s relationship.
Genre: Romance
Age group : New Adult
POV : Third person POV / Multiple
Characters: 3/5 ⭐️
Plot: 2/5 ⭐️
Setting/Themes: 5/5 ⭐️
Writing: 4.5/5 ⭐️
• Please check TWs & CWs
• mature language, sexual scenes, abuse, violence, overdose, miscarriage, death of a loved one & etc
• HEA
“Apparuit iam beatitudo vestra”
Okay lots to say here. The storyline ? Not all that great, did I like it? Sure, yeah. Was I enthralled and amazed? Yeah, no. The characters, some of them got me a little upset. Not gonna lie. What I did love though was the atmosphere. The emphasis on the beauty of Italian literature and just language in general had me reeled. (Language whore things) and the mentions of Florence and various beautiful places, I loved those.
I didn’t love Gabriel. He was nice I guess. I loved how gentle he was, I loved that he was sweet to Julia and I liked that he was an attentive lover. What I loved most though was his affiliations with Oxford, Princeton and Harvard. Who dosent love academically rigorous institution alumnus?
Julia. I liked her. She’s nice and kind and sweet but after reading about strong, badass and no bullshit women in books, Julia didn’t really resonate with me. I liked her though.
Okay so, what I hated the most here, was the kink shaming. Major major kink shaming that went on for pages. There’ll be a minor spoiler here:
Gabriel was involved with a dominatrix that enjoys consensual S&M. Emphasis on the consensual. Gabriel shitting on said dominatrix because Julia dislikes S&M was just downright rude. It’s understandable on Julia’s end, she suffered sexual trauma (in a sense) and Co relating sex and pain is harmful for her , BUT GABRIEL. And the way kinks were portrayed in this book? Horrible. The way said dominatrix was portrayed ? Way worse.
It’s essential that we understand kinks are liberating to a whole lot of people, shitting on it isn’t exactly nice.
Overall though, I did enjoy the book. Paul calling Julia Rabbit made me gag but I liked Gabriel and Julia’s relationship.