Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

103 reviews

julianacosta_01's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Death, Physical abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Rape, Murder, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Police brutality, Car accident, and Torture

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Physical abuse, Violence, and Confinement

hanschub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? No

4.5

definitely read trigger warnings/author note before reading!!! 

half a star knocked off because enzo needs anger management classes and he was a little too mean at times. i feel like there should’ve been a deeper reason for his anger/darkness, but i still really enjoyed the book and found every opportunity i could to read and finish it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Incest, and Rape

Minor: Suicide, Child abuse, and Death of parent

iselin_j_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Kidnapping

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Vomit, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Gore, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

azeluff's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape

squidney36's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Creepy in a good way
Stalker
Abuse
Misguided but lovable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Gore, Incest, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual content

alis143'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Violence, and Blood

shedevls's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i enjoyed this story so much i didn't even have time to worry about how it involved two of my biggest fears (🦈+🌊)

the characters, the writing, the plot, the world building, the spice were all a+ for me and i had a lot of fun overall, but be sure to check book for all triggers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement

Minor: Incest, Sexual violence, and Murder

stephc21's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was pretty wild. So much happened in the start of this book and then again at the end. It felt like event after event being thrown in and I had no idea how it was all going to play out. 

Definitely entertaining. I did feel like the main characters were pretty stupid at some points. Not in a relatable way, but an irritating 'how did you not even consider this option' way. Overall a strange mix of heavy emotional topics, spice and mystery. I think there were just too many ideas thrown into this one.

Ps. Enzo was just kind of the worst imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, and Murder