Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1387 reviews

endlessallison's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No

0.25

Booktok really did me wrong on this recommendation. I love an enemies to lovers trope as much as the next person but this was just predatory twisted and disgusting. I honestly wish I never heard of this book and I am disgusted that people find this worth recommending. I don’t even know why I finished the thing, I think I was just amazed at how truly disgusting it was. Don’t read this, it’s a romanticized view of literal r*pe and SA. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

This book is truly depraved. I cannot stress enough that if you have experienced any of the above content warnings then you shouldn’t even watch reviews of it. It not only contains horrible explicit content but it glorifies and romanticizes it. I wish I could say anything good about this book but I can’t. It’s horrible.

sarawichterich's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

i still don’t understand why someone who has worked his whole life to catch r**ists and pdf files likes… r**ing his love interest???????

---

Content Warnings

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

this book is quite literally known for it’s trigger warnings so there’s no way for you to NOT know what you’re getting into when you crack this one open… definitely precede with caution.

noctifer's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kc_louisa's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

I honestly loved this book and I'm picking up the next one right now 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

victori_anne848's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

0.5

Romanticizes rape and harmful acts towards women, very distasteful and doesn't have a point

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

seraphiina's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

What in the Wattpad was this novel and how did this ever get published?
I have never seen a more poorly thought out novel in my entire life. I am sure most children could pull through with a story that is more logically and narratively coherent, that also wouldn't make me want to vomit after every page.
I wish it was just a matter of me finding the book vile that made me dislike it so much, but it's just.. so bad. I don't know how you managed to make a story about a woman solving her great-grandmother's murder, and a stalker/murderer/rapist working to stop human trafficking, boring, but it is apparently possible. I have no idea how I got through 583 pages of rape, stalking and downright cringy dialogue. I feel like I deserve a medal after pulling through this one, but honestly, I don't deserve it after considering the book in the first place.
Please, to all potential readers, I can only try to convey my message that you do not want to waste time on this one. Read literally anything else. I wish that device from Men in Black was real so I could delete this book from my memory, but alas..

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, and Murder

celeezamae'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Stalking

rzimmer08's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is great if you like a multi perspective book. This book is the definition of I know it’s wrong but it feels so right. I have my gripes with it but overall good read. Cliffhanger ending 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, and Murder

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

medium-paced

1.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Terminal illness

emlo97's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I love me a dark romance book but this one just doesn’t hit the spot. It’s said to be a book with CNC, which in some instances that’s right. In other it’s just outright rape. It makes me sad that the book (probably unintentionally) glorifies the rape scenes. I’ve seen ALOT of young people praising this book. 

I enjoyed a few parts of the book but I do think there’s a few plotholes and alot of contradictory with the MMC. I encourage the author to keep going and evolving their writing style. I might be back in the future to give them another chance. I see alot of potential, but in my opinion, they’re not quite there yet.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Sexual assault