Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

324 reviews

kc_louisa's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

I loved this book and the book ending has me wanting to cry from happiness 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Vomit, and Car accident

elfyns_vps's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

- - - - ♡ Hunting Adeline
Rating Overall: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

So after being a HUGE fan of Haunting Adeline, I was severely disappointed with 'Hunting Adeline.' I went into this book knowing

that Adeline was kidnapped and put into human trafficking and thus that meant there would be some time spent on her time in the house.

But what I did not know was that this part of the plot was going to be the MAJORITY of the book. While the writing itself was fantastic and I did truly enjoy reading about Adeline's

trauma being sex trafficked,

it was just not what I was reading this book for. It's tagged as a 'Romance Novel, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, and Erotic literature.' which I don't agree with. While the first book was definitely that, this book was far from it. We don't get to see the two reunited until more than half-way through the book and even then--their dynamic was not at all the same. It lost so much of its spiciness and I found myself bored throughout the entire book. I only gave it two stars because I enjoyed the writing and the exploration of Adeline's trauma and how it didn't dance around what was going on too much. I do wish that it wasn't written like,

yeah these last few months I've been raped a lot.

I honestly would have preferred to read at least one or two scenes so I can *really* feel for Adeline like I was there with her--I know H.D. Carlton would have been able to really put me in that room with her. But ultimately it was given so little stars because it felt like I was lied to in terms of what the contents of the book was going to entail. 

TLDR; Less of an erotic book, more of developing then overcoming trauma. Less relationship focused than the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

pipercurrywilladsen's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

grapecola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

What a fucking journey oh my god..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

alanabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

The overall plot of the story was pretty well thought out and written. I didn’t really love the ending as it seemed it was fresh rushed. I also didn’t understand why she (the author) has this conflicting view on Christianity. Maybe she is conflicted internally? Not sure. But would not recommend to anyone unless they are okay with a pretty dark romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

kristenisreading's review against another edition

dark tense

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

elkfr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

amberpatel's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ngriggs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cb_greig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Murder