Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1133 reviews

livwalmo's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bvanness428's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

alicia_1126's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

lkstall's review against another edition

At the beginning I was intrigued by the ghost plot line, but it gets dropped early on in favor of q-anon fanatic plot line. This story was so shallow, and frankly just gross as hell. The main character is so awful, half of this stuff only happens because she was written to be as blind and dumb as possible. Once I realized that the story was heading to the main character being kidnapped into a sex trafficking ring, I hopped out. I'd had my fill of torture porn, and now no longer trust book recommendations from the internet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

citylights7951's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Grief, and Alcohol

mooncatkdt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

livwalmo's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

nemodeus's review against another edition

dark fast-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

I read this book as a challenge and to find out why 14 year old girls want to buy it in the book store I work at.
Safe to say, I am disgusted by this book.
Romantizing stalking and grape to this level should in no way be the plot of the whole book.
The female protagonist traits are: t1ts, @ss and a tight p*ss*.
The male protagonist traits don't go far beyond for his god complex, mommy iussuses and his "big d***" .
The author read consent and threw that word out the window, a red flag? If the whole book is a red flag characters like these seem morally gray dont they?
No, if she says no and he still forces himself onto her it is simply grape.
So stalking quickly devolpt into a stockholm Syndrome...typical...
"But Zade [what a frat boy name] isn't that bad, he offs the bad people."
Honey that doesn't make the grape better....or doesn't excuse any of his Action.

But if we don't look at the p0rn without plot plot, we can take a look at the writing style. Maybe its witty and clever and— don't get your hopes up....the style is...lacking style at all. It might be easy to read but it seems...simply written and the words choosen do not seem very clever...

So in conclusion: 
Not something a minor should read and only read if you have a strong stomache...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

axartist's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I had to ignore some blaring issues in the book for the sake of pushing through. I hated that the romance starts after the male lead sexually assaulted the female lead. If you choose to look past this and read the rest of the book, and you’re into dark romance, I can see why someone would enjoy it.

The book itself isn’t bad. Well written even. I found myself captivated by the actual story and character development, but the problematic theme of assault was really making me want to put the book down. 

Overall, real the content warning before picking it up. I’m giving 4/5 for the story, though if I was rating based on my preference alone it would be a 2/5 at best.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

lcamden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment