Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

3 reviews

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

direguard's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Stalking, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

zc2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

I wanted to cry that’s all go read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Body horror, Blood, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, and Torture