Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

127 reviews

sleepyochre's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Bullying, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Fatphobia, Self harm, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Torture, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Sexual harassment

demiipoet's review

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is even darker than Haunting Adeline and I personally loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Self harm, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

maciem's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

apalershadeofwhite's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Rape, Torture, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

lilahfaith03's review

dark slow-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? No

2.75

Ok I have many thoughts about this book so let me just begin. (Semi spoilers ahead) 

1. I’m actually shocked that a book that has prevalent mental health themes would blatantly call a clearly schizophrenic woman crazy and insane. Outside of that, Zade’s methods to help Addie cope w her trauma are just… not good and ok

2. It’s so corny how many times Zade calls himself a god. The biblical references got too old too fast, and honestly really creepy 

3. The scene where Zade tries to force Adeline into staying with him by threatening her with pregnancy when she very obviously does not want kids is one of the more disturbing ways he sexually assaults Addie throughout the series. Him saying that he would be the one to take out her IUD made me want to die 

4. This book is so fucking dark that I don’t even understand how H D Carlton came up with it all while staying sane. The content is actually HORRIFIC

5. The continuous justification of Zade’s actions towards Addie in the first book is so disappointing, yet I think that this book did a better job explaining why Adeline felt attracted to him 

Overall, this is a 2.75 stars from me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Mental illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Rape, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm, Pregnancy, Car accident, Child death, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Child abuse

zarakoconnor's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

The pacing was good, however the “dark” nature of the sex scenes becomes increasingly less consensual and more unhinged. The boundary from the first book, where she still enjoyed the acts, has been crossed, and the romanticising of these kinds of acts is dangerous. Plenty of other books do CNC much better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Blood, Rape, Physical abuse, Gore, Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pedophilia, Drug use, and Car accident

itsnotri's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

lollyac01's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Misogyny, Stalking, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Kidnapping, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

gotbrie's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

hayleyallard_13's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Self harm, War, Body horror, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Suicide, Cannibalism, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Murder, Torture, Slavery, and Violence