Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

239 reviews

alyciajstewart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The first 45% of this book is not a dark romance, it's just dark. Addie finds herself in an absolutely terrifying situation that is very hard to read about. The only reason I was able to keep pushing through was because I knew eventually the author was going to get her and Zaid back together. The second half of the book brings back the spice that I came to expect after reading the first book. However, the depiction of the Romance takes an especially dark turn in this novel. Obviously, Addy and Zaid have never had a normal relationship, but the depictions of violence against each other in this book were perhaps a bit too dramatic. I am not a fan of reading about knife play, so most of the spicy scenes were not for me. Overall, I really enjoyed the ending and I'm glad that Addie and Zaid got there "happily" ever after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Child death, Hate crime, Slavery, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Rape, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexism, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

This book was a lot better than the first one! I can tell HD Carlton put a lot of effort into this story and the dialogue/thoughts of each character. I felt like the first one was a little cringe, but this one was a lot better in terms of cringe levels. Still a little bit, which is why I gave it a 4.75 instead of a 5. For example, “it’s so quiet, you could hear a mouse fart.” Is not something you’re expecting to see in a dark romance novel? Just my opinion, but she could have left that out. Overall very good and I will be continuing to read more of her books!
PLEASE make sure to check trigger warnings before reading. You SHOULD NOT read if you have literally any triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Gun violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Self harm, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

alis143's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Car accident, Mental illness, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Addiction, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Blood, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

saramacna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

The first book was fun. This book felt rushed and the author really needed to do some basic research into recovery from sexual violence and PTSD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Alcohol, Child abuse, Gun violence, Child death, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, and Adult/minor relationship

niki258devil_angel's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

I absolutely loved this book. It made me laugh, cry, hate and love. The second one is definitely way more darker then the first one which makes it more realistic. Nothing is just black or white, there's a variety of grey resembled in MMC, Zade, and other characters. 
I'm really grateful to the author for writing about this themes, even though it is hard to read sometimes. We all know that is a lot of bad things happening in the world, yet we pretend that it's not there to be able to sleep in peace and without fear. H.D. Carlton did a great work at combining unpleasant experiences and situations with psychologically messed up relationship. She got me as obsessed with the plot and the characters as Zade is obsessed with Addie...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Addiction, Body shaming, Sexual content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

sammy_reader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Slavery, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Gore, Sexual violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

solaris_wintergale's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Confinement, and Trafficking

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Death, Gore, and Sexual content

gothicrene's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Death, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, and Stalking

robinmarie's review

dark

5.0

Part 1 - soul crushing. I had to close the book and walk away numerous times. 
Part 2 - 🤭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Trafficking, Rape, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Torture, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Toxic relationship

readwithames's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.0

"Meadows. Our last name is meadows, baby"  HAD ME FOLDING. However, some scenes and diaglonue had me cringing so bad- I was just waiting for this story to end. The pacing in the beginning was well, I felt like. It's when (imo) after Addie is saved the pacing felt rush.

I don't like Zade but I liked his romantic comments more in this book but he's still him. Addie deserves ALL peace. Everyone deserved what was coming to them 🙏

Also, I felt like addie and her mom's relationship never really developed?

but the event where her mom gets shot and her dad is PISSED about it is so... I don't know. I can see why it happened but with the state of their mother/daughter relationship, it felt dramatic for no reason. I understand why because it's still her mom but it just felt.. unprematured. Also, the audacity of her father was just b*tching at them literally THE PEOPLE WHO SAVED THEIR LIVES. Her father was annoying and needed to exit immediately.
 

Despite some of the dark themes and contents, there were scenes that cracked me up like the note from Rio.

I'm glad I'm done with this duology.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Torture, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence