Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

955 reviews

dani7220's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Child abuse, Trafficking, Death, Rape, and Violence

_adelete_'s review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

0.25

It's awful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Misogyny, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Torture

megreads12'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Torture, Murder, Infidelity, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Trafficking, Stalking, Child death, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident

lbenina's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

It’s a very very very dark book. I skipped many of the chapters/paragraphs that had dark themes descriptions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

dmackreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

I’m not really sure what I expected out of this book but I definitely expected it to be more wrapped around the main characters and their “relationship” and I expected it to evolve more at some point. I had a hard time with the blatant non consent between the two also and many times I caught myself thinking the characters were just idiotic. There was way too much r@pe, assault, child sacrifice involved. I get that it’s the plot around which one of the main characters “works” but this book was just crazy. It did keep me intrigued and wanting to know what happens next. That’s about all it has going for it for me. I already have book 2 and still want to know what happens next so I plan to read it but I’m very conflicted on this rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Drug use

rantsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

Just finished this on audio. It's a chaotic hot mess that's confusing, strange, disjointed and messily written, but somehow addicting enough to keep going. The cliffhanger at the end got me hooked, so here I am, diving into book two. Let's see if it gets better or if I'm just a sucker for punishment! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Murder

slswarner's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Child abuse, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Rape, Blood, and Pedophilia

sammers9774's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

nsatterfield22's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

littlered22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

Dark as in there is triggering themes and scenes in regards to human trafficking and stalking. But overall a great book. Well written and I couldn't get enough of it even when it had me going wtf 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Stalking, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident