Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

125 reviews

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

I didn't like the writing style. I felt like there were many contraditions within the characters that felt super unrealistic. They had no character- no consistency as a person. I also felt like the writing pulled me away from the story in many areas. The amount of times the main character admitted she was making stupid choices and said something alone the lines of "I briefly wonder what the horror movie they'll make about this will be named" or "i wonder what they'll say in the true crime documentary they'll make about my death" but then kept doing the thing anyway was way too high in the first 30%. Overall I know a lot of people love this book but it wasn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

direguard's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

killerkatastrophe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

hannibanani29's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

hannag4's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

brittneydye19's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident

annaitlj's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

<strong>Definitely Haunted</strong>

I’ll be the first to say I do not want a Zade in my life. Stalk someone else please and thank you. HOWEVER, he and Addie are sadistically made for each other. Who knew a man could be TOO honest, vices for the world to see with no regrets. I knew it was gonna be a cliffhanger 70% in so I’m really excited to see what comes next. Do they adopt Sarah? Will Addie put her self defense lessons to good use? Is the traitor Jay saw Ruby? And where did Addie’s assistant go???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

humnak's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

2.0

My thoughts as i read the book. 

1. Why didnt you check the attic whyyyy?? 
2. 50 pages in, i am struggling to see the part where exactly the booktok and bookstagram fell in love with this novel? 
3. Actively ignoring her stalkers threats and bringing home a guy. And then the whole oh he died because of me drama? 
4. And then regretting bringing that guy home for ENTIRELY different reasons. 
5. 105 pages in i realise this story is wholly about a man engulfing someone’s life just because he happened to see her at some random book store?? He is obviously a psychopath control freak (and not in an attractive way). 
6. Unrealistic depiction of injuries
7. Writing seemed off. 
8. Fighting scenes werent well written. 
9. “Hands shaking, I set the box back down and just panic. There’s a drop of blood on my toe. I knew there was blood on my hands already, but now my toes? I can’t take this.” Instead of building up the tension these dumb jokes ruin the mood so bad. 
10. Wtf was that gun r*pe scene? Wow i thought nothing could disgust me but this motherfucking hypocrite psycho sure did. 
11. Halfway through i am unable to form any connection with the characters i am not invested or emotionally attached to them and zade isn’t impressing me in the slightest. I have read morally questionable guys several times. I live for such characters in dark romance books but this was unacceptable. He didnt have to force himself on addie and on top of it - HIM ACKNOWLEDGING IT?? NO NO NO. A big no. 
12. And even before that scene, i simply couldnt bring myself to sympathise with the characters. Addie doesnt give writer vibes. The actions scenes were plain boring. And the whole great grandmother being in love with her stalker plot felt unnecessary. I am at page 234 and 300 more pages to go. I am praying the plot takes a 180 degree turn and there’s something that could save this novel from going to my dnf list. 
13. The first scene I actually liked was the one where mark invited zade to the charity event. 
14. I sorta kinda liked addie and zade’s interactions after that point on. (Although i skipped through all the ‘intimate’ scenes. Not my cup of tea.) 
15. It was awfully easy to guess who killed gigy. 
16. It doesnt end there. Ofc it doesnt. Theres another book that is 516 pages long. 
17. Overall i did not enjoy it much. But i do want to know what happens and theres a silver of a chance the second book is better so off we go! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Sexual harassment

cait's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amandareads666's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment