Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

325 reviews

messy130'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Okay, i gave in to booktok cause i was curious and everyone was hyping it up… My brother in christ, i did not think it would be this bad. I haven’t finished it completely and i don’t think i ever will. To put this into perspective it’s worse than any colleen hoover book like way way way worse.

Other than the literal rape that goes on all throughout the book the character story is so bad. It dosent make sense! why would zade vow to protect women but rapes one? like hello?! The language used to describe is so boring and the events aren’t entertaining. The rape scenes, literally could have been good if it was approached in the proper way with the proper care and aftercare with consent. The main character developed mixed feelings because she liked it since it felt good (as sex does)that what happened was alright. Which is so wrong! I’ve also heard people defending this book saying “that’s kink shaming” CNC is a kink which stands for consensual non-consent, which requires consent hence the name. In my opinion, there is no justifying it and this is not dark romance. It’s just full of rape. 

People may read and think this kind of stuff is “hot” and acceptable which is really dangerous. I’ve heard so many underage readers reading this book because it is “spicy” and because of the hype on social media. 

I literally cannot explain with words how bad this book is. Please save your money!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Stalking, Death, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Murder, Gun violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Grief, Gore, Violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Death, Rape, Violence, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

saramykayla's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Car accident, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Child death, Confinement, Stalking, Cannibalism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, and Torture

youayuna's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Car accident, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Trafficking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Gore, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexism, Murder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Blood

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

smilingsammie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Violence, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Car accident, Trafficking, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Sexism, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore

its_nikita's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Gun violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Torture, Gore, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Body horror

deeloro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

This (second) time around I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook and hearing some of the changes that differ from the e-book, the physical copy and the audiobook. Very Interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Cursing, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

If you have any triggers what-so-ever, you should check them before you read this book.

wingleader_11's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I am concerned...about myself really. There is so much so wrong with this book. I am horrified by a lot of it. And yet......I found a lot of it really dang hot. I want to throw up saying this. Why am I like this? Who hurt me? I don't have any answers. Zade is the biggest hypocrite to ever hypocrite. I could have been fully on board with him if there was even a shred of consent for the first 75% of the book. But alas, he is a giant walking red flag and I must sit in my shame and wonder what happened to me that I could not DNF this book because he had me in a chokehold. I might deserve to be committed because against my better judgement I will read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Child death

asyakilic23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Blood, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Sexism, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Drug use, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Slavery, Deadnaming, Stalking, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

pmtthemonkey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Masterpiece. I fell in love with this series instantly after reading satans affair and I can now say I’m obsessed after reading Haunting. The characters are perfect, the story is so good and twisted and it’s super spicy! I immediately started hunting! I need more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Stalking