Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

189 reviews

ashxeigh100's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Alcohol

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.5

Editors. Just. Get some, editors. There were so many terribly written sentences, horrible similes and metaphors, and cringe-worthy moments of dialogue that I had to highlight all of them just to make myself feel as though I wasn’t as crazy as fucking Sibby. Since I powered through book one, I felt duty-bound to read this one and finish the duology but god it was a Herculean effort. The plot of the story is still intriguing, although Adeline’s captivity goes on for a bit longer than I feel is truly necessary. I do love the characters, especially Jay and Sibby. Also, there are a few very sexy one-liners during the sex scenes but even those were made less intriguing and spice-filled because of the multitude of errors throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Violence, Bullying, Medical trauma, Gore, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Torture

bookwormsakshi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

princessjj14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, Rape, Trafficking, Death, Sexual assault, and Grief

amberlynnnnn's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Stalking, and Trafficking

arocklikesubstance'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Mental illness, Sexual content, Confinement, Self harm, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Car accident, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Child abuse, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

brooksie03051's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Beware of the triggers. Both books are extremely dark, but this one is worse. 

This is the second book to this duet story (see Haunting Adeline) and it was rough. I cried a few times during this story. It’s extremely graphic and twisted.  

Picture how people will gather or rubber neck to look at a car accident to see the damage (curiosity killed the cat) but for this book, the accident would involve multiple totaled cars that are on fire and the people who were in the cars are trapped and cannot escape.  

Although this book was severely disturbing, I did enjoy the story.  The love story between the two MC is dark and twisted but passionate.  It’s a world riddled with danger and despair, and a monster like Zade to hunt down anyone who harmed his little mouse.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Body horror, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death, Sexual content, Torture, and Trafficking

sbordo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Cursing, Self harm, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Incest, Medical trauma, and Murder

spatterson7's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis