Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

186 reviews

dmdebevoise's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Almost DNF into part 1. Part 2 was better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

fibersandfables's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

djadeusa's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

cintiaha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

taniamendoza's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

serenaann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Sexism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

bimsa's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

3.75

Wow. I had to take a a few months off after getting through Part One of the book which felt really sad, dark and hopeless. Picked it up again as I wanted Addie to get through it and finish the book. Glad I did as I remembered how much I enjoy the writing style and characters! Despite having darker themes there were still moments I laughed out loud along with the characters. The world building and character development was great for a book that’s got full chapters of only smut.

Wouldn’t recommend to everybody. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Classism

adialove's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

If you thought the first book was a lot, it’s nothing compared to this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

booktheshelves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

My review for this is in with my review for Haunting, but man this book was so dark! I almost couldn’t stomach it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

sadies_smut_hut's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Trafficking

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis