Reviews tagging 'Death'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1029 reviews

madilikestoread's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Holy frack! I absolutely love this novel!! So beautifully dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

lynini's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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it felt kinda like a fanfic but it definitely unlocked things i didn’t know about myself. it ends on a cliffhanger but i don’t feel a huge need to read the next book, i might get to it eventually but as of now i don’t feel particularly like i have to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent

it’s fuckin crazy dude

elizabeth_reads__'s review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional tense

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I hated it. Horrible characters. Author glorifying sexual assault. Badly written. This is not dark romance. This is assault between a man and a woman. I am not interested in reading a book like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

thebookaddict's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Jeetje wat een boek. Ten eerste als je hieraan wilt beginnen zou ik de trigger warnings lezen! Ik vond zelf dat het wel mee viel met hoe erg het beschreven was (wel is het onderwerp natuurlijk heel erg intens). Het boek heeft een donker thema en er is veel seks zonder wederzijdse toestemming. Dit kan als schokkend ervaren worden. Voor de rest vond ik het een top boek. Het houdt de spanning erin en er is genoeg spice. Wel vond ik hem erg lang duren, het had korter gekund en gemogen. Het einde was ook echt een hele erge cliffhanger. Ik ga zoiezo deel twee lezen, want ik kan deze dark romance wel waarderen. (Uitgebreidere recensie vind je op mijn instagram @thebook.addictx)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent

grace33's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Rape, Death of parent

kellyro_reads's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

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It was too cringe for me. I didn’t understand the justification of killing certain people over others in this book…not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

seconnally's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, Murder, Gaslighting

gravelhayley's review against another edition

0.25

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS AND REVIEWS.  If you don’t want to feel disgusted reading this book, skip it entirely or at least until a little over half the book. The plot (minus the stalking, and everything attached to it) would’ve made an interesting read, but I just cant get past the beginning. I had to skip many pages reading this. The ending of the book was good and I probably will read the second book but definitely am glad I did not purchase this book with my own money. Only read if you are willing to audibly say “what the actual f**k is going on, this is disgusting”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Classism

tiana_king's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I’m confused about the hype. It wasn’t interesting until 63% of the way through it and the only reason I pushed through is because a friend begged me. The only thread of plot I clung to was wondering who murdered her great grandmother. Sure the sex was hot but it was just too dark for my tastes I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Car accident