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A review by sophiejo_
God of Malice (Standard Edition) by Rina Kent
1.0
once again I find myself with a book that everyone loves, yet it glorifies sexual assault while simultaneously, and this is new, villainizes the character who committed suicide after apparently years of intense depression. yes, that's exactly the priorities a story should have: romanticizing rape and doing whatever you'd call the reverse of mental health representation.
now I've heard that the traditionally published version of this book reworded a few assault scenes in this book to be more dub-con than non-con (I read the indie version though I used the photo for that trad published, sorry it's confusing.) nevertheless, although I prob would've tolerated the dub-con scenes more and maybe generously brought this to a 1.5/2 ★ rating, the relationship was still incredibly toxic and power imbalanced, the writing was ABSOLUTE SHIT (we were told not shown the entire story because Rina spent too much time writing sex scenes than actually developing plot,) and I see no redeeming qualities in our mmc to make him a "swoonworthy book boyfriend;" cooking her rice for lunch does not make up for raping her multiple times throughout the story. if you think that it does, respectfully you've got some self work to do.
now I've heard that the traditionally published version of this book reworded a few assault scenes in this book to be more dub-con than non-con (I read the indie version though I used the photo for that trad published, sorry it's confusing.) nevertheless, although I prob would've tolerated the dub-con scenes more and maybe generously brought this to a 1.5/2 ★ rating, the relationship was still incredibly toxic and power imbalanced, the writing was ABSOLUTE SHIT (we were told not shown the entire story because Rina spent too much time writing sex scenes than actually developing plot,) and I see no redeeming qualities in our mmc to make him a "swoonworthy book boyfriend;" cooking her rice for lunch does not make up for raping her multiple times throughout the story. if you think that it does, respectfully you've got some self work to do.