Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

167 reviews

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

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

samreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, and Death

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

bekahzabel's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Phew what a WILD ride 😮‍💨

I honestly had no idea what to expect outside of knowing this was dark romance. This is my first time reading H.D. Carlton and it didn’t disappoint. Was it packed full of triggers? Yes. So be wary of those and check before indulging. 

Grumpy sunshine to the point that bully tropes were at play. From start to finish I was fully immersed and damn… it got hot in there 🥵 

I’d definitely recommend this to fellow dark romance lovers. Enzo and Sawyer’s story is one that’s going to stick with me, and something I see myself revisiting and reading again. 

5🌟/🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Gore, Bullying, Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Toxic relationship

amfrizi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest

fariasalamp's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

It is my fault for not seeing the tags and trigger warnings beforehand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

allorah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Violence