Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - In at the Deep End

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In at the Deep End by Kate Davies

17 reviews

ailionnet's review against another edition

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funny 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? It's complicated

3.75

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voikukka's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

2.0

quick to read and at times made me laugh. but the way both bdsm and non-monogamy are treated in this book is so lazy, boring and quite frankly unforgivable. using non-consensual bdsm and unethical non-monogamy for shock value with zero self awareness is just... really? this is the best you can write? embarrasing.

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anniedactyl's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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queerandtalkative's review

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dark funny sad tense

Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

DNF 20%, I enjoyed it up until the events that occurred after her gay awakening. I am queer and didn’t really like the commentary on “how easy it is to be a lesbian nowadays” because it’s not lol… seems like an over simplistic and privileged view of queerness. i enjoyed the comedy but I did not like that the dialogue didn’t feel like real characters but rather like skits that didn’t mesh well together as a book. Books that talk about assault in such graphic detail NEED trigger warnings. There’s too many victims/survivors that deal with enough triggers in their everyday life to go into a story that promotes itself as “lighthearted comedy” to turn into a abuse sexual assault story without warning. I hope the author does better in the future. I think there’s potential for good comedy, I can’t speak on the more serious topics.

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8going80's review

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challenging emotional reflective tense medium-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

3.5

A pretty decent book that is very VERY graphic - like needing to shut the book at look away with my mouth open graphic. My feelings on the book are a bit complicated and I found myself disagreeing with both major characters at times. The ending is drastically different to the majority of the book but in a good way which is vague but the only way I can describe it.

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sunbeam_reader's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Fourth reread: I can no longer deny that this is one of my favorite books... more so one of my comfort books.

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