Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

113 reviews

bookish_limits's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Body horror, Rape, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

audreytwo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book, whew. Before you read anything, even the first page, CHECK THE WARNINGS, there are very graphic depictions of rape and assault in this book, among various other warnings. This book is dark, far darker than the first. The first half is more into the horror category with how graphic, traumatizing, and gruesome it is. Turning from this, the second half the book focuses more on healing from trauma and has (in my experience) a fairly good depiction of what that can be like for some. 

I devoured this book, darkness and all. 

When it came to the plot, there were some characters I was far more invested in (story wise) than others. And as with all books, there were moments I didn't care for. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed reading it through to the end. 

I honestly felt like Francesca's story was far better than Claire's. I didn't have any real drive at the end to see Claire die. I get it, she's supposed to be some big mastermind, but it just fell flat because while she might have been the one pulling strings, she didn't really physically harm Addie. She just kind of randomly showed up periodically and then vanished again so while I reveled in reading about the revenge against Fran, I just kind of went "cool, she's dead now" when Claire died. Also, I really loved Rio's note at the end, it just felt like a super cute touch and gave us some closure on if he realized what Addie had done for him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

hannibanani29's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Violence, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kgarcia34's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Torture, Child abuse, Cursing, Stalking, Murder, Car accident, Blood, and Toxic relationship

readingwithk_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

this book is a lot lot darker than the first but i loved it just as much if not more! morally grey appears to be my favourite colour because there’s so many characters doing questionable things that i couldn’t help but love

rio, zade, sibby and even addie etc.

this was definitely another 5 star from me and i cannot wait to read more from the author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Mental illness, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Gun violence, Child death, and Car accident

llams's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Child abuse

liograce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Body horror, Rape, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Trafficking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

sleepyochre's review against another edition

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

apalershadeofwhite's review against another edition

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

carlyteighlor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Drug use, Violence, Cursing, Blood, Trafficking, Medical content, Grief, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Car accident, Gun violence, and Child death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts