Reviews with content warning for Rape - The Electric Heir

this book was a rollercoaster from start to finish

there were so many plot twists and every time i thought the villain couldn't get any worse he proved me wrong
that said the plot itself was so well written and believable as well?? like everything was perfectly logical and there were always parts i wasn't able to predict

and the CHARACTERS especially noam and dara! i cared so much, felt so scared for them, connected to them so so well; i just wanted them to be happy, especially after what they'd already been through in book one and maybe... maybe they do get that in the end

something else i really appreciated was how much was talked about trauma and mental health, including but not limited some heavy topics like domestic abuse, sexual assault, rape, grooming and addiction (i would highly suggest checking the trigger warnings before reading)
while i don't have any personal experience with any of those, there were still tiny fractions of their struggles i could relate to and, as i've mentioned before, it didn't matter much because i felt for them anyways

i might have a few tiny complaints, not enough to reduce this from its 5 star rating

first of all i don't care how much sense it makes for the plot (and it did in this case) but i can't stand the trope of characters losing their magic... but that is just personal preference and i did think it was well handled here

secondly i wasn't the biggest fan of the ending, mostly because it happened so fast?? i was actually surprised when it was just... over;
it's partially personal preference here again because i don't like open endings and while this one wasn't entirely open it wasn't fully resolved either

BUT the epilogue definitely saved it <33

in conclusion: if you're in for a lot of pain and gay pining you should read these books, you might regret it at some points in the story but i promise it's worth it in the end

+ honourable mention: jewish main characters <33

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kirstyreadsblog's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

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feijoamuffin's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

This rating might change at some point. This book was difficult to read. You know when you’re reading a book and think ‘these topics are hitting too close to home for me in a bad way right now and I should probably stop reading this’ but read it anyway because the storyline has you hooked? Yeah that was me 😅 Hopefully it was worth it but seriously guys it’s well worth checking all of the content warnings for this instead of diving in head first.

On a much lighter note; Noam and Dara are precious and must be protected at all costs.

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eparris's review

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dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

5.0

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tkhenry99's review against another edition

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3.0

This book was a bit of a let down. It was also wayyyy darker than I expected and I really wasn’t expecting Noam and Lerher’s relationship. Besides that, several of the conversations about grooming, rape, etc. got very repetitive and were the same thing every time. I also didn’t really like that Dara just had every issue the author could think of. The author had to split all the page time between the sexual abuse, substance abuse, various mental illnesses, and eating disorder so nothing ever really felt developed. It felt like Dara’s character was traumatized just for the sake of having a traumatized character, and not because the author really wanted to address any of this topics. I felt like, though the issues were obviously connected to one root cause, the author didn’t draw that connection very well and Dara’s character was undeveloped/underexplored as a result. The book would’ve benefitted from flashbacks, not just Dara and Noam thinking about past events. The ending also wasn’t very satisfying. Overall I did enjoy the book and found it engaging, but it definitely could’ve been better.

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