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A review by booksafety
Never Let Me Go by Lyla Dane
5.0
Content Warnings
Full list of content warnings:
MC abusing steroids •
Details of withdrawal and side effects of drug use •
On-page injection of steroids •
— all drug use is two years before the main story takes place, but still on page — •
Homophobic parent (on page) •
Death of step parent (past, off page) •
Mentions of alcoholic parent •
Abandoned by parent (past) •
Homophobic MC (because of homophobic parent) •
On-page violence between MCs (before relationship) •
Episode of extreme mental distress (on page) •
Suicidal ideation/suicidal thoughts (several instances, on page) •
MC hospitalized •
MC physically abused by parent (past and present, on page) •
MC verbally and emotionally abused by parent (past and present) •
On-page vomiting •
MC physically attacking SCs (on-page, during ‘roid rage’) •
Parent suicide (past, some details) •
Alcohol consumption (on-page intoxication) •
Alcohol abuse by MC (drinking to forget/be numb, not addicted) •
Symptoms of depression •
Homelessness (MC) •
Off-page jailtime •
Injured MC (self-inflicted during panic) •
Fear of abandonment •
Self harm (hitting and kicking things) •
Misogynistic comments by MC and SC •
Internalized homophobia (MC) •
Prescription drug use (anti-depressants, painkillers) •
MC1 orgasming from grinding on MC2 while asleep — panic attack when realizing (MC2 not upset) •
Explicit sexual content •
MC taking high dose of painkillers (once, on-page intoxication) •
Brief mention of drug overdose and death (unnamed character, past) •
AA meetings with details of addiction (minor characters) •
On-page panic attacks •
Rough sex and hair-pulling •
Occasional spanks during sex •
MC attacked and left naked while unconscious/drunk (undressed off page, no sexual assault) •
MC struggling with aggression •
Mild testicle torture •
Edging/orgasm control •
Facefucking •
MC arrested on page (brief jailtime) •
Police brutality (hostile and rough handling) •
MC bullying SCs and other MC (past, on page)