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meganlaza's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Drug use, Classism, Mental illness, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Fatphobia, Murder, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, and Stalking
alyciajstewart's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Child death, Hate crime, Slavery, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Rape, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexism, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, and Forced institutionalization
kirsty_justsaying's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
To say I sobbed at parts is an understatement. I couldn’t give this book a five star because even though it was an incredible book, the realism and outcomes of some of the instances will be beyond belief. As happy as I am with the outcome, it still wasn’t believable.
I will continue to read books by this offer because they are incredibly written and I absolutely love Sibby. Her character and the way she is written into the story not being a main character is incredible and leads into Satan‘s affair.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Mental illness, Drug use, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Stalking, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Gun violence
saramacna's review against another edition
- 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
1.0
Graphic: Trafficking, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Alcohol, Child abuse, Gun violence, Child death, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, and Adult/minor relationship
niki258devil_angel's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.75
I'm really grateful to the author for writing about this themes, even though it is hard to read sometimes. We all know that is a lot of bad things happening in the world, yet we pretend that it's not there to be able to sleep in peace and without fear. H.D. Carlton did a great work at combining unpleasant experiences and situations with psychologically messed up relationship. She got me as obsessed with the plot and the characters as Zade is obsessed with Addie...
Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Addiction, Body shaming, Sexual content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
patiencedarf's review against another edition
Graphic: Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence
acaroline's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Trafficking, Grief, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence
kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Violence, Bullying, Medical trauma, Gore, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Torture
chelle22's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Mental illness, Sexual content, Confinement, Self harm, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Car accident, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Child abuse, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
darcynewton's review against another edition
- 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
I'm going to try write this review as in depth as I can without giving anything way, i'll get back to you when in done.
Spoilers?: yeah no you’re safe don’t worry.
Off the back of Haunting Adeline obviously H.D Carlton left us with our butts on the edge of our seats, our jaws on the floor and our hearts in our mouth.
Throughout haunting Adeline, I'm not sure about anyone else but I developed such an emotional connection to the characters Adeline and Zade, in the Hunting Adeline this connection and understanding is only deepened, thoroughly.
Hunting Adeline gets very sad, traumatic, heartbreaking and all round just deep as f**k, very fast.
Right from the first chapter seen from 'The Diamond' aka Adeline, we're thrown into the beginning of her soon to be raging PTSD. The events that Adeline both whiteness' and becomes a victim to truly pulls your heart out, H.D is very good at explaining these events and almost making you feel like you are truly experiencing it.
I said this in my review for Haunting Adeline and i'll say it again... this book is not for the faint hearted! However now I truly mean it, again without giving too much away, If you or anyone your close with have had experiences with g,rape, as brilliant as this book was, please don't read it if you have even the slightest suspicion that it could effect you, chances are it will.
The book does get more lighthearted (if thats even possible when speaking about H.D Carlton's work).
Pulling this to a close, while this book was still incredible, it did make me cry at times, it did make me feel physically unwell at times but it as also completely changed the way I view a lot of things.
I'd say this book is a real eye opener to the real world and the sort of things that can happen or do happen without our acknowledgement.
I loved this book so so so much and I hope other people also see it in the way I did.
If you've made it to the end of this review, thank you, and do send me a friend request as I love connecting with people that share the same interests.
Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Rape, Drug use, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit