Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

275 reviews

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

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 against another edition

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

allbookedup____'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, and Violence

x_lucy_x16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Rape, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Trafficking

aligmich'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I didn’t think so, but I ended up liking this one more than the first one. For one there was a proper story, and I felt less morally questionable given that the bad things were bad and the good things were good enough if that makes sense? Addie finally felt like a proper character and became a badass by the end but Zade does still talk too much like a cartoon character for me to take him seriously, but I am interested in Sonny’s story - ngl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

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

theasrensen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: 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