Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

92 reviews

cblevz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

Found myself answering “it’s complicated” to each question about this book because that’s exactly what it is- complicated.

Loved the spice level and definitely had moments my jaw was on the floor. Found Adeline’s POV to be much more enjoyable to read as Zade’s was a bit cringy and unrealistic in certain things he said and big punchlines- I audibly laughed when he was trying to be intimidating and said “I have the memory of an elephant”… I think if someone said that to me i’d be on the floor rolling, big scary man or not.

Obviously lots of trigger warnings for this book, but was overall impressed with spice level, plot lines, themes, etc. Just had some issues with a lot of the dialogue/writing from his perspective (which admittedly would be very hard to write). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Blood, Violence, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Alcohol, Torture, Stalking, Murder, Gore, and Emotional abuse

sdaley08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

hayleyallard_13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Rape, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

lolalastname's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.25

WRITING A FULL REVIEW LATER
To paraphrase Tyra Banks “It’s so bad I want to give you a zero. But that’s not possible, so I give you a 0.25.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Child death, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Vomit

mickeygod's review against another edition

The writing is redundant and at times overly flowery. The main characters are nearly flawless except for their glaring personality flaws; but being fabulously weathly, good looking, and good at sex are supposed to detract from that enough to get through the logical fallacies of especially the crazy stalker’s arguement.

He is supposed to be redeemable in as much that he is killing pedos and human traffickers and working against the skin trade, while participating in and actively committing assault and rape on the FMC?

No thanks. I don’t get booktoks obsession with this. It’s just not good, and edgy for the sake of being edgy. If I had bothered to finish it, It’d be one star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Antisemitism, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Trafficking, Alcoholism, and Child death

The content of this book is about a toxic relationship between a stalker and his victim. He rapes her multiple times and then essentially Stockholm syndrome takes over. There are ghosts in here but they hardly matter. Yuck.

haileighv96's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Rape, Trafficking, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

sydneeshae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Torture, Rape, Child death, Cursing, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Violence

meggytheetherealgoddess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

whereisbear's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Death, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Rape, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Trafficking

reno_percival's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Body horror, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, Child abuse, Trafficking, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Gun violence, Gore, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse