Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

83 reviews

feeow's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Child abuse, Blood, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Self harm, Stalking, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Confinement, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body shaming, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

This book was a lot better than the first one! I can tell HD Carlton put a lot of effort into this story and the dialogue/thoughts of each character. I felt like the first one was a little cringe, but this one was a lot better in terms of cringe levels. Still a little bit, which is why I gave it a 4.75 instead of a 5. For example, “it’s so quiet, you could hear a mouse fart.” Is not something you’re expecting to see in a dark romance novel? Just my opinion, but she could have left that out. Overall very good and I will be continuing to read more of her books!
PLEASE make sure to check trigger warnings before reading. You SHOULD NOT read if you have literally any triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Gun violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Self harm, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

alis143's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Car accident, Mental illness, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Addiction, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Blood, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

saramacna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

The first book was fun. This book felt rushed and the author really needed to do some basic research into recovery from sexual violence and PTSD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Alcohol, Child abuse, Gun violence, Child death, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, and Adult/minor relationship

niki258devil_angel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely loved this book. It made me laugh, cry, hate and love. The second one is definitely way more darker then the first one which makes it more realistic. Nothing is just black or white, there's a variety of grey resembled in MMC, Zade, and other characters. 
I'm really grateful to the author for writing about this themes, even though it is hard to read sometimes. We all know that is a lot of bad things happening in the world, yet we pretend that it's not there to be able to sleep in peace and without fear. H.D. Carlton did a great work at combining unpleasant experiences and situations with psychologically messed up relationship. She got me as obsessed with the plot and the characters as Zade is obsessed with Addie...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Addiction, Body shaming, Sexual content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

clairelisebella's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Car accident, Cursing, Trafficking, Stalking, Sexual content, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Vomit

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

ashxeigh100's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Alcohol

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

bookfulthoughts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

0.25

This was like watching a dumpster fire 
I thought (was told ) it got better 🤡🤡🤡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Murder, Body horror, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, Rape, Gun violence, and Gore