Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

182 reviews

thebookaddict's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

Allereerst dit boek is niet voor iedereen geschikt, kijk zeker even de triggerwarnings en als er iets tussen staat waar jij niet tegen kan sla dit boek dan lekker over! Genoeg boeken om van te genieten. 

Voor mij was dit boek echt een topper. Dit is duistere dark romance en ik heb hiervan genoten (in hoeverre je hier natuurlijk echt van genieten kan spreken). Het boek behandeld heftige dingen die ook tot in de detail worden uitgelegd. Dit vond ik sterk aan het boek. De romance hier was sterk aanwezig en in het begin miste in de connectie tussen Zade en Adeline. Het was natuurlijk wel logisch dat deze op een andere manier plaatsvinden dan in deel 1 als je kijkt naar de omstandigheden. Ik vond Zade weer heerlijk duister, maar toch ook romantisch. Dit boek is echt het perfect voorbeeld van een touch her and you die trope (wel een extreem voorbeeld). De schrijfstijl was erg prettig en ik vloog echt door het boek heen, ondanks de grote hoeveelheid pagina's. De spice was weer lekker veel aanwezig alleen kwam dit vrij laat in het boek. Dit vond ik erg goed als je kijkt naar de omstandigheden. Het was gek geweest als dat gelijk gebeurt was

als ze terugkwam uit dat huis. Ook vond ik het heel sterk dat Claire niet meteen te vinden was. Zo bleef de spanning erin.

Het kleine briefje op het einde van het boek van één van de personages vond ik erg aandoenlijk en precies goed om het verhaal af te ronden. Ik denk dat het anders voor mij niet af had gevoeld. Al met al heb ik enorm "genoten" van dit boek, maar ik zal hem zeker niet aan iedereen aanraden.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lettuce_dance's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Personally I loved it, l just got back into reading and I have been looking for a similar book/series since. Have finished the series and unsure if I’ll find another book that grasped my attention as much as this did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mailenlovesreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This was interesting before

Addie was saved

but things after that resulted in me losing interest and increased my dislike for Zade.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Slavery, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Car accident

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

5.0

I loved this book and the book ending has me wanting to cry from happiness 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Vomit, and Car accident

pipercurrywilladsen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

grapecola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

What a fucking journey oh my god..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

esdiecinueve's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Vomit, Stalking, and Pregnancy

thevioletone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

👀Tropes: Dark Romance (really dark) with revenge, sex with interesting objects, and much much more.

☠️CW: Straight from author's website - Warning: This is a dark romance that contains rape, graphic violence and sexual assault, explicit sexual situations, strong language, human trafficking, PTSD, and kinks such as degradation, knife play, blood play, and somnophilia.

📚Read Method: Physical book, Kindle eBook, Audible

📕Review: Beginning of book notes... "everything hurts". Every time I read this, I just hurt, even though I know the ending. HD Carlton has a way of writing heartbreak that I will never understand. She throws in these little nibbles of happiness/humor when all things are going to shit. Like chapter 13

Mama T and Z sitting eating chocolate chip cookies when he meets the Basilisk Brothers. It's a small win when this book can make me smile when it's so sad.

Beware of Chapter

18. It will literally break you. and Chapter 22 will tape you back together.

💖Quotes:
"You keep threatening me to marry you, shouldn't I know your last name?"

"My birthday is September 7th" "Doesn't surprise me you're a virgo, next"

"Meadows, baby. Our last name is Meadows. "Yours. Don't get ahead of yourself, your going to have to beg"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Car accident

smartcookiesca'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

awil_23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting