Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Bane by L.J. Shen

14 reviews

raininhell's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

kryfrh's review

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

kdelong's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Bullying, Abortion, and Body shaming

mrsgames2u's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

Loved Bane’s and Jesse’s love. If you’re triggered by sexual assault, I wouldn’t recommend reading this book. Jesse’s main struggle is overcoming the trauma of being gang raped a year prior by her boyfriend at the time and his friends. She was also gaslighted by other adults in her life to downplay her experience. 

It’s a hopeful book though and has a good ending so it’s a heartfelt story if you can push through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Gaslighting

tamara_loves_reading's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

belaer's review against another edition

sad tense medium-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

3.25

It’s Okay

It took me 7 months to finish this book.
Mainly because

the rape topic was so sudden and very heavy, obviously, it took a while to start reading as well as continue reading. i don’t like the whole “boy saves girl” trope and there were too many plot twists that ended up complicating the storyline

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent

bookish_grl's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

kairros11's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

high_lady_of_the_night_court's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

arman's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

~ bane: 3.5/5 ~ 

ok this was kinda good also kinda crazy like so much happened in this story that i was not prepared for. big tw for rape and pedophilia!! the story was good and i did enjoy the characters and the ending was good. it went a lot darker than i expected esp w stuff we learn when reading it had me shook and i had to take lots of breaks. this took me a while to get through cause of that but i do think it was a good book. the romance was proper n this book prob has the best smut scenes in the series so far tbh. i really did like both of the main characters in this book neither of them ever annoyed me and that’s rare in this series. honestly the only reason it’s not getting rated higher is j cause i wasnt able to fully immerse myself into this story and just not enjoy it like i enjoy books i give higher ratings too. this was def the second best book in the series tho!! a solid 3.5/5 for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Pedophilia