Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1191 reviews

meg53's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsa118's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

kadams46's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

itsdiane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Car accident

tiffany_bush's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.0

This book was good but touches some sensitive topics but in my opinion was overhyped. I will read the next one. The base of the story is intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

hadleyc22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

sorana3's review against another edition

Sorry, but the writing is horrible, a lot of things didn’t make sense, and rape is not attractive. The MMC saves human trafficking victims but then stalks and rapes a girl after seeing her one time? This is not the attributes of a good person. Also, the plot doesn’t seem very focused as I have no interest in what’s going on or what else might happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Murder

mookayla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was unhinged. Can I in good conscience recommend it to people? Probably not. However, I devoured it. 

I really appreciate that Addie wasn't *completely* stupid though. She did, up until a certain hand situation, react in basically the manner that I would to a stalker. I really liked her character. And also appreciate how complicated all the characters were, they had depth- whether talking about Addie, Zade, or Daya. There were moments when I loved them and moments when I hated them with a passion! 

There were also so many twists and turns, I never knew what to expect! Not to mention that ending!! 😱 H.D. Carlton clearly knows how to shock their audience; and judge me if you must, but I love it! 

Definitely CHECK TW AND PROCEED WITH CAUTION ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, Stalking, and Murder

mcloysmom's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Car accident