Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

71 reviews

lex_r's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

demy_summer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Blood, Child death, Cannibalism, Death, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Gun violence

booknerdhp's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I very much enjoyed it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Murder, Gun violence, Child abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Drug use, Death of parent, Rape, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Child death, Alcohol, Death, and Confinement

Definitly check the trigger warnings, it is dark

sorrymyscheduleisbooked's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Animal death, Death of parent, Torture, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Cursing, Blood, and Sexual assault

josoko's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, Rape, Child abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Car accident

allymurphy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I need to bleach my eyes. Will be reading book 2 immediately

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, Violence, Child abuse, Alcohol, Slavery, Car accident, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

lolalastname's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.25

WRITING A FULL REVIEW LATER
To paraphrase Tyra Banks “It’s so bad I want to give you a zero. But that’s not possible, so I give you a 0.25.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Child death, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Vomit

mickeygod's review against another edition

The writing is redundant and at times overly flowery. The main characters are nearly flawless except for their glaring personality flaws; but being fabulously weathly, good looking, and good at sex are supposed to detract from that enough to get through the logical fallacies of especially the crazy stalker’s arguement.

He is supposed to be redeemable in as much that he is killing pedos and human traffickers and working against the skin trade, while participating in and actively committing assault and rape on the FMC?

No thanks. I don’t get booktoks obsession with this. It’s just not good, and edgy for the sake of being edgy. If I had bothered to finish it, It’d be one star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Antisemitism, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Trafficking, Alcoholism, and Child death

The content of this book is about a toxic relationship between a stalker and his victim. He rapes her multiple times and then essentially Stockholm syndrome takes over. There are ghosts in here but they hardly matter. Yuck.

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Rape isn't sexy. 

I've read a lot of dark books but this was just too misogynistic even for me. I'm not going to bother to read the sequel - it's fine with me if they're both dead. 

The secondary plot of her great-grandmother's murder was incredibly boring and a waste of time. I couldn't even begin to care about it. 

The bad grammar just added to my disgust with this book. I wouldn't recommend this to anybody. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Car accident, Rape, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Physical abuse

minimikk4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Probably my all time favorite book. Sooooo worth the read!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Vomit, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Car accident, Classism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction