Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

111 reviews

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

acaroline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Trafficking, Grief, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

elisem04's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Confinement, Sexual violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy

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

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

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

2sxber's review against another edition

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

4.75

Despite how extremely dark this book is, it holds a place in my heart. The resilience Addie has and the portrayal of PTSD brought up emotions from my own past I wasn’t quite aware I was ready to face head on yet. A very healing read for me, which is probably not what I or anyone else would expect. Either way, I loved this book, and it’s getting a reread at some point so I can annotate the heck out of it.
I also would’ve rated 5 stars but I felt the conclusion was rushed.

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Content Warnings

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

kawaii_rose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Slavery, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy and Stalking

clindsey73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Gaslighting, Drug use, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking

vireya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.5

It was really good! Far darker than the first one and definitely not for the faint of heart, but I enjoyed it. Not as much as the first but it was still good and I liked the conclusion. I’m excited to see more of them in sibel’s and Molly’s books, but their story feels complete. 

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Content Warnings

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