Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

All He'll Ever Be by W. Winters

17 reviews

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book would’ve have been so much better if it was shorter. There were parts that were intriguing and parts that bore me. 

Carter Cross is a lunatic and I just couldn’t understand Aria’s love for him. 

I don’t see how his actions can be forgotten. He had her imprisoned and the only reason I see for her staying with him is purely sex. There is just too much trauma he causes her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Mental illness, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, and Toxic relationship

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Car accident, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Gun violence, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Self harm, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Cancer, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, and Gore

alicia_joy's review against another edition

dark tense

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

2.0

I wanted to like this quartet. I really did. Like many bookish girls, Beauty and the Beast is my favorite classic Disney princess tale. But to claim this is a modern retelling of any fashion is crap. The story of Carter and Aria is nothing but toxic, abusive, glorified Stockholm syndrome. As much as I wanted to like this and read it on it's entirety to really give it a fair shot, it 1000% was not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Murder, Cursing, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol

bexxii00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Murder

audlittlebookshelf's review against another edition

I finished book 1 and a little bit of book 2. This is marketed as a dark Beauty and the Beast retelling but it’s really just a kidnapper romance with extremely dubious (at best) consent. The FMC, Aria, has an internal monologue that reads like someone in an abusive relationship. The MMC, Carter, is so unlikeable to me that the only ending I would find satisfying at the point is if Aria kills him. Aria has almost no fight or strength to her, which would be fine if we weren’t being told how strong she is.

I will typically forgive a lot of things in a romance if the romance itself is good but this feels so forced and I do not buy their chemistry. There were actually some moments where I thought this could be an interesting thriller but not a romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Sexism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Gore, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent and Drug use

Psychological Torture

broken_dreamsxx's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Cancer, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

sjoss06's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Kidnapping

cyodis96's review against another edition

Uhm. This is actual trash and I was angry the entire book. Carter is a terrible person and Aria has no backbone. She kept talking about how she had all this fight in her but she was slowly losing it…not once did I see any ounce of fight. Not only that, but how do you manage to have secrets in a 1st person POV. We never got any conclusive explanation as to why he was doing what he’s doing. This is just romanticizing Stockholm syndrome. I like dark romance. This was not it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Rape, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

lady_n_beautiful_reads's review

While this may be exactly up someone’s alley, I am 41% into the book and I don’t find Carter redeemable. I love Aria’s character and I want to know what happens, but ultimately, I want to read a book that I can get into. 

He kidnaps Aria and cannot understand why she doesn’t ”obey” him, when really he is looking for love 😒 I am over the over explained inner dialogue of both main characters, Carter wishing she’s just submit to him and Aria fighting against her captor

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

jocl1420's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Blood, Confinement, and Slavery

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Gore, and Medical content