Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

16 reviews

ellavlind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

Mörkare men ändå bättre än första boken. Asså hennes tid i huset och speciellt vad Xavier gjorde va helt sjuka grejer. Rekommenderar inte om man är känslig. The culling och vad som hände efter va sjukt men ändå en väldigt ”bra” del i boken. Zade va bra med henne efter och det är sjukt att detta händer i verkligen. Skulle läst den snabbare om skolan inte kom ivägen 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Gore, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Torture, Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

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

tpaige94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Part one of this was an emotional roller coaster in the best way. It hurt my soul. Part two was okay, but I hated the dialogue during spicy scenes 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Cursing

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcohol

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

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

lolalastname's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

0.25

SOMEHOW WORSE THAN THE FIRST ONE
Full review later

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Death, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Genocide, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Deportation, and Child death

Almost every sexual scene contains choking/strangulation

sunray_sunburn's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

I feel like I need to reiterate what I said in my review of Haunting Adeline. This book is so insanely dark and shocking that I would not recommend it to someone without knowing how fucked up they are and whether or not they would like to be more. That being said, I really enjoyed this book. It broke my heart, hurt my brain, and left me feeling hallow in the way that I wanted when I decided to read it. I personally think the reunion taking so long made it really great. I definitely cried. I enjoyed reading how Adeline worked through her trauma (even if that in itself caused me trauma). 
It is hard to rate Zade as a book boyfriend. He is not a good person - which he openly admits - but he is also so kind to Adeline, but then you go back to thinking about how he forced himself into her life by stalking her for months and then breaking into her home. ITS COMPLICATED!! I saw that the author is going to write Sibby a book and I am very excited (and absolutely terrified) to read that and learn about her even more. Sibby was great comedic relief - and also caused so much concern - that I think her book will be insanely darker and also so heartwarming. WHAT A MIX OF EMOTIONS! 
I guess you can judge me for giving this book 5 stars, but I am not opposed to reading it again and I bought them because I had to have them. It did something to me and I will answer for those to God and only God. 
Thank you, lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

brooklynv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Slavery, Sexual violence, Self harm, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Murder, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Death, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Stalking, Rape, Child abuse, Torture, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Eating disorder, and Infidelity

booksthoughtsandtea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is frustrating because it's entertaining... But also really screwed up. Like... Really screwed up. I don't recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Cannibalism, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

sofial1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence