Reviews

Kink by Garth Greenwell, R.O. Kwon

yoyita7's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

emmalinegc's review

2.0

There were some aspects and a couple stories of this book that I did enjoy. However, overall, I found the tone of this book excessively esoterically artsy, and many, if not all, of the stories aligned the concept of kinks with a notion of either pushing yourself or others to discomfort, or the edge, or that a kink was automatically aligned with some dark, sinister or unwanted part of yourself.
Most of the stories left me with a feeling of hauntedness or feeling eerie, rather than feeling inspired, opened, or curious. I find the latter to be more realistic with learning or reading about kinks in most circumstances.

notmythunder's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

gracewiley's review

Not for me right now. Maybe I’ll come back to it in the future? 

kcdennett's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

athenasure's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

emath98's review

emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. A few of the stories really stood out to me, but I found most of them boring and uninspired - surprising for a queer erotica collection!

Echoing other reviews to say many of the stories gave weirdly "kink is evil and scary" undertones

claire_macleod2345's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.0

natalie27's review

2.0

carmen maria machado’s story was 5/5

the rest…
it was so bad i want to give you a zero but that’s not possible so i give you a one

janeb97's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75