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Unhinged by Onley James

10 reviews

aylen_96's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Drug use, Incest, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Murder, Torture, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Goddamnit! I wasn’t expecting to fall in love with this series quite this fast, but here we are. This was so good! And I just want to reread it immediately.

I love Noah and Adam. For how fucked up this story was, they were so sweet together. I loved how Adam just kind of swept in and started taking care of Noah when his life started to implode in the worst way. And I loved how Noah in turn, was able to ground Adam whenever his temper flared towards the murderous side at inopportune times. I also loved that even though Adam is a psychopath he was willing to ask others for advice on how to help Noah when he didn’t have a clue. These two were so sweet together that I almost got cavities. I also really liked the (fucked up) family dynamics that the Mulvaney’s had. The sibling banter was top notch and the fact that all of Adam’s siblings gave (sort of) shovel-talks to Noah was priceless. And that Noah gave them back just as much shit/good natured teasing was so good!

This was the perfect start to a series that I’m already so invested in from one book. I love this family of psychopaths and I can’t wait to dive into the rest of the series! Unhinged is getting five out of five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

unusablebooklore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

5.0

Well this was a surprise! I’m not usually a Dark Romance fan. Give me a big fluffy book bf, maybe some BDSM; this book was all that and super heavy, but wonderful. I’ll definitely be reading the rest of the series. It never felt like it was too much to handle. 

I had seen comments about how Onley James has this magical ability to make heavy topics more palatable and morally questionable characters loveable. Those comment were 100% correct. Both MC’s were more than loveable and I was very invested in seeing them flourish together and I’m committed to the entire supporting cast of characters.

The subject matter of this book (rife with triggers and stomach churning topics) was still readable in a way I hadn’t imagined it could be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Murder, Rape, Vomit, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Blood, Kidnapping, and Suicide

takemetomilos's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

me 🤝 obscenely traumatised main characters 

Seriously though this book was balls to the walls insane. And incredibly sweet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual content, Grief, Violence, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Stalking, Murder, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Incest, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Drug use

melitta's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Trafficking, Cursing, Drug use, and Gun violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Trafficking, and Pedophilia

trippyotter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

I kept seeing all the Neceassary Evil books recommended in the various bookclubs I'm apart of, but kept putting them off... 

Well, I finally caved and I'm pleseantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the book. There's so many layers to the characters and story that you simply fall into it and can't put it down! 

Though, I must admit I have a few questions... 
1) What happened to Noah's trailer? In a way, the trailer represented Noah's freedom for his previous life and he was adament about keeping. Now, Adam did mention he could have the trailer moved, but was it? 

2) And Beth, she was Noah's work BFF, will she make any future appearances or is she now just a footnote in the beginning of Noah's story? She was his only true "friend" - along with her girlfriend - that he allowed into his life, that it's a bummer that nothing else was mentioned of her.

All that being said, I do want to mention, that as out there as the ending was, it actually kinda reminded me of the A-Team movie (with Bradely Cooper)... If you've seen it you'll know what I'm talking about. :D 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

4.0

*content warning: a couple hp references*

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child death, Murder, Stalking, Addiction, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

book_lover56's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Death, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Torture, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Confinement, Child death, Rape, and Abandonment

Minor: Kidnapping, Drug use, Confinement, and Cursing

niamhstorme's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Addiction, and Confinement

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, and Vomit