Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

35 reviews

princessm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Pedophilia, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, and Gun violence

geenaa13's review

dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Cursing, Gore, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic friendship

allymurphy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

God blessed me with eyes and I have violated them. Someone baptize me in holy water and send me off to the nunnery for enjoying this book as much as I did. This book is my Roman Empire and I ate it up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Gore, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Vomit, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Drug use, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Slavery, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

spunkyfunky's review

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Self harm, Sexism, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Torture, and Violence

sunray_sunburn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I feel like I need to reiterate what I said in my review of Haunting Adeline. This book is so insanely dark and shocking that I would not recommend it to someone without knowing how fucked up they are and whether or not they would like to be more. That being said, I really enjoyed this book. It broke my heart, hurt my brain, and left me feeling hallow in the way that I wanted when I decided to read it. I personally think the reunion taking so long made it really great. I definitely cried. I enjoyed reading how Adeline worked through her trauma (even if that in itself caused me trauma). 
It is hard to rate Zade as a book boyfriend. He is not a good person - which he openly admits - but he is also so kind to Adeline, but then you go back to thinking about how he forced himself into her life by stalking her for months and then breaking into her home. ITS COMPLICATED!! I saw that the author is going to write Sibby a book and I am very excited (and absolutely terrified) to read that and learn about her even more. Sibby was great comedic relief - and also caused so much concern - that I think her book will be insanely darker and also so heartwarming. WHAT A MIX OF EMOTIONS! 
I guess you can judge me for giving this book 5 stars, but I am not opposed to reading it again and I bought them because I had to have them. It did something to me and I will answer for those to God and only God. 
Thank you, lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

brooklynv's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Slavery, Sexual violence, Self harm, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Murder, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Death, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Stalking, Rape, Child abuse, Torture, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Eating disorder, and Infidelity

booksthoughtsandtea's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is frustrating because it's entertaining... But also really screwed up. Like... Really screwed up. I don't recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Cannibalism, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

carlito's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

a fucking ride but a damn good one too 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Self harm, Car accident, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

peyton5907's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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

3.5

BOOK REVIEW : I am so heartbroken over how this book turned out. The first book of this series was a dark romance. This book, the second, was just dark. Listen, I understand that women being sexually assaulted in books can be necessary for story lines, but this book did none of that. There are VERY descriptive rape scenes from the main character, and they just seemed so unnecessary. The first book was all about this girl falling in love with her stalker who works to takedown sex trafficking, while trying to solve her great grandmother’s murder. Totally amazing story with great spice and an even better plot. The second book lacked a lot of this and if I were to ever reread, I would skip part 1 entirely and begin where Zade reunited with Addie. 

“She holds on to me like she’s falling, but I have no interest in catching her. I will always fall with her, chasing after her even in death.”

Overall, I think the author is very talented; she's a great writer and I truly adored the first book, but this one just wasn’t it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Misogyny

abundance_of_fiction's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

2.0

Following up my prior review for book 1; again, this is *NOT* it.

I will say that the plot at least was better in book 2 than 1, with the focus staying mostly on Addie’s situation and an anticipated reunion between Her and Zade. 

Butttt, even keeping in mind the trigger warnings, the depictions felt excessive. I said the same for the first book but it was increased with the sequel. Like the author wanted to write a “dark” and “gritty” novel, and just decided that s*xual as*ualt, unnecessary depictions of violence and m*tilations was the way to go? Hard no from me.

I did finish the set so it gets 2 stars, and there were some redeeming qualities in the actual writing style. However, the number of 5 star reviews and internet ravings is VERY misleading about the quality of the book. 8/10 don’t recommend. 2/10 recommend for sm*t only(even then it’s dark and gritty).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Gore, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Death, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child death, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, and Kidnapping