Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

120 reviews

t_dixon's review against another edition

This book was not what I was expecting and was extremely dark and graphic. As a reader you live Addies trauma and it was too much for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Torture, Rape, Kidnapping, Body shaming, and Stalking

devilchild4833's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Blood, Body shaming, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

taylamagica's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Terrible lol

Don’t even have the strength to write a real review, it doesn’t deserve it.

Wait you know what…SPOILERS AHEAD

1. What the fuck. How the hell this book start with sex trafficking and end with fucking anal.

2. The first half of the book was concerning and tense, not like super good or well-written of anything, but it was fine.

3. I hate all the plot holes of how Zade has access to everything. Like homeboy even hacked into national tv  -__- lol why 

4. Maybe I’m just not into blood play, but all that shit was pretty lame.

5. I felt like at first they portrayed her trauma really well and then the way Zade helps her through violent sex would not even be effective in real life. I know she’s all into danger, but I feel like it would be triggering af. Idk that’s just me though.

6. Anyways the book was awful and I REALLY had to work to get through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Rape, Death, and Emotional abuse

erinclark7's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Blood, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

bialosqrska's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Trafficking, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Cursing, Body shaming, Drug use, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing 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

4.0

This book is so much darker than the first one. It made it hard to get through the first part of the book. I also think the book should have been shortened a little bit. The violence and dark subject matter turned me off a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Cursing, Sexual assault, Death, Mental illness, Addiction, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Trafficking

nicolh11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is a huge let down compared to the first one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Body shaming, and Rape

nineinchnails's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i really wasn't sure how to rate this just because the content is so heavy - definitely check the triggers beforehand, and be very aware that all of the very graphic

sa/r4p3 isn't done by the mmc like in most dark romances

. i definitely consider this more of a thriller (a la gone girl) than a dark romance but i actually preferred this to the first book. 

it feels like there's much more depth to the characters now (plus i got to see more of sibby and i love unhinged women personally) than in it's predecessor and i might be imagining it but there seemed to be a jump in quality in general from haunting adeline. i can imagine a lot of readers would have wanted 

addie and zade to reunite much earlier than they did but i actually appreciated their time apart, and i think it gave a lot more depth to

addie. i think it was more "realistic" too, considering how 

gritty the first half is, and it would have felt really flippant for her to just be rescued straight away from the tone of

the first part of this book. she was learning

how to "survive" without zade coming in on his high horse every time someone even thought of hurting her, which i think was really important for her development and her confidence in her own strength. technically, yeah, he did rescue her after she escaped but the fact that she managed to escape that horrible place by herself (knowing what she was risking if she failed) is impressive of its own accord

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zade also showed a different side to himself in this book, which was unexpected. he'll always be an antihero but i don't think he's as irredeemable as he was in the previous book. more importantly TO ME 

addie got to have her revenge arc - again, a la gone girl (one of the best movies ever put on this earth). it might just be the books i come across but i find it rare for the fmc in a dark romance to actually get to carry out true revenge and i need more of it personally. while the book is very dark, it sets up for a very satisfying deliverance of karma and i wasn't disappointed. i did think it was odd that addie was umming and ahhing over whether to ask zade not to kill rio even though zade himself did worse to her but i'm just relieved he survived in the end he was my favourite new character

:p

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Murder, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical trauma, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Stalking, Self harm, and Body shaming

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, Vomit, Drug use, and Pregnancy

mrsbrown2019's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

This is just as good as the firs thurber to read at the beginning as there's alot of detail about the human trafficing rings so please check your trigger warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Body shaming, Addiction, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Stalking, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

elliemaeeee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Read the Trigger Warnings before you read but was such a good book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, and Violence