Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

72 reviews

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

cyndii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gore, Pedophilia, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Sexual assault, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Alcoholism

viktoriya_sk's review against another edition

4.5

Its good but PLEASE read the trigger warnings I kid you not

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Stalking, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Drug use

bloomparker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Jesus Christ.
Great book.💀
I cannot physically write my opinion, just check the TW and if u like what u see READ!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sunray_sunburn's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am ASHAMED to have enjoyed this book as much as I did. I will have to answer for my sins later, but for now I will give you my review of this dark dark dark (did I mention this is very dark) book. 

I will not recommend this book openly to anyone. Please please please know what you are getting into. Read the trigger warnings and then read them again. I have not read anything so graphic in the gore and rape as is in this book. It was not the best writing in the world, but it did scratch an itch - that I am very ashamed to have - and I couldn't put it down (unless I couldn't stomach it anymore for the day). The last 10% is very triggering and you should be of sound mind to get through it. 

The romance/smut aspect of this book: the smut is very good (oh god I really am going to hell). My dear dear cousin summed it up beautifully, "if you have ever had a rape fantasy, then you will like this book." I feel like that is a great warning for the spice in this book. THE GUN SCENE!!! Don't read or listen to this in public because damn, I thought I had a good smut in public poker face but I was proved so wrong. 

Now I have to decide if I will read the next book, not because the story isn't compelling, but because I have to decide if I want to be the person I will be when I am done with it. 

Side note: I will not be discussing any of my feeling about this with anyone who has not read the book since they are my only safe space in this category lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, Infidelity, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcoholism, Body horror, Grief, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Slavery, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gore, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Medical content

chainsiren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

sofial1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Addiction, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Trafficking, Violence, Alcoholism, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

nyx_999's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

Something inexplicably dark arises in my chest. It’s black and evil and cruel. Dangerous, even.
All I want to do is break her. Shatter her into pieces. And then arrange those pieces to fit against my own. I don’t care if they don’t fit—I’ll fucking make them.

I've heard a lot about this masterpiece. Some love it, some don't. And some can't bcs it was just too dark. I was warned and told to check the tw/cw which I did and it was clear that this would be high on the list of darkest rom books I ever read. This book definitely showed me where my boundaries truly are. This book is dark. It made me question myself multiple times. I learned things about myself idk if I even wanted to know but I do now.

“Zade,” he whispers against my lips. “That’s the only name that will ever leave your lips from now on, especially when you’re making that little pussy feel good. And when I’m making that pussy feel good, then you can call me God.”

It's definitely not for everyone and I can see why many people on booktok said they had to dnf.

“You look beautiful,” I say, cutting off her continued muttering and rendering her silent. Subtly, she glances over her shoulder at me, but doesn’t acknowledge my words.
“So, not only do you only fear me in the daylight, but you only love me when I’m making you come.”
That gets her attention. She whips around, fire in her eyes as she spits, “I don’t love you.”
“Not yet,” I counter, topping it off with a grin. Her eyes narrow into thin slits.

This book doesn't just mention dark topics it goes deeper into the topics than any book I read before. At first I thought this might be a reason for me to dnf but oddly I turned out to like it.

“You can’t escape me, little mouse. I will always find you.”

This book had me in its clutches for a good 3 days and I'm excited to start the second book. I already miss Zady and Addie💕.

Please check out the tw/cw maybe watch a few edits on tiktok to get a feel of what to expect and enjoy 💀✨️

“Are you ready to be eaten?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexism, Death of parent, and Infidelity

book_s1ut's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

The book ended on a huge cliffhanger of her kidnapping.. WHAT!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Gore, Gaslighting, Death, Child death, and Alcoholism

kat1105's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Addiction, Trafficking, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual content, and Sexual violence