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Sicko by Amo Jones

8 reviews

tarantulagirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Trafficking, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

ashcoxx's review

dark tense medium-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

3.5

I wanted to love this book. I was really looking forward to reading it but it fell flat. It had so much potential but there were so many plot holes that it just left me confused on how certain things came to be. There was no clear indicator (at least in the audio book) on what was the past and present because it just flashed back and forth without warning within minutes, leaving me consistently saying “huh?!” and rewinding to try to figure out what was happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing. I only stopped put it down once since I started it and it was to sleep. I was right back to it once I woke up. I loved the will they, won't they aspect when it came to Royce and Jade. It was definitely slow paced when it came to them actually getting together. But I loved that it was. The tension between them was amazing throughout the entire book. I loved how protective Royce was of Jade (along with all the guys) even when he denied his feeling for her, saying he didn't care about her, you could clearly tell he was lying. And I loved that Jade fought right back and didn't take all that Royce threw at her.

The mystery was great as well. And the plot twist upon plot twist towards the end left me shocked. I did guess who James was early on. It was pretty obvious who he was, at least to me. But the other twists I had no idea about. And I was left shocked and surprised by it all. I was especially shocked by Jade in the end. What she did and was a part of surprised the hell out of me. But it only showed just how strong and powerful she really is.

The only complaint I have about this book is the fact there is just a general authors note about the content in this book. This book could be very damaging to someone if it got into the wrong hands without a more detailed and specific trigger list due to the type of content that is in this book. I really don't like that the author brushes this off saying that this is "her version of dark" and that the content is very dark without actually going into detail about what that dark content is. So I'm very disappointed by this fact. 

Despite that, I did rate this book 5 stars, because I was thoroughly entertained and hooked from the beginning. I literally did not want to stop reading at any point. It was an absolutely amazing read.

I'd definitely recommend this, but only if I know the person I'm recommending it to can handle the content. And I'd always provide all the content warnings if I'm recommending it just in case to give them the option to opt out of reading it if they so choose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

azapolya's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

shaykay's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

This book was so good! I always feel weird trying to describe these books when they are dark, taboo romances because they are subjects that, if they were happening in real life, I wouldn't like or support, but in a book and seeing it laid out like this story, I couldn't get enough. In this one, we have a relationship between foster siblings. We have the motorcycle club angle. Then we have murder and a mystery. It was just so intense, and I really wish there were other books that followed other characters in this world because there was just so much. I need to read more books by Jones.

2024 Reread
 

So, this was a reread for me, and I wanted to reread it because I recently got a physical copy. I'm going to a book signing in March where Amo Jones will be, and I hope to get it signed. It's been over a year since I initially read this one. Anyway, this one is still so dark and definitely not for everyone, and the way it ends, I really wish there were more books about either the motorcycle club or even the organization that Jade ends up working with. There is a second book loosely related to this one, but it's more about a connected world in Wicked. Anyways Sicko is a very dark book and follows weighty themes. You really need to check content warnings before picking it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

0_xter_0's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Rape, Genocide, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Hate crime, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Pregnancy

curlychaos_'s review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

sapphicread's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Torture, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood and Gun violence