Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

65 reviews

themadmadmadeline's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

Absolutely horrific read. After I got to the infamous “gun scene” (which takes over 200 pages to get to in an unhinged 600 page book which has no business existing), I was forced to speed read because it was quite actually the worst book I’ve ever read in my life. This book made me go through my pile of “to read” books I have in my room and get rid of the ones I have no interest in because life is too short. 

Books like this should not be published. Books like this are dangerous. Books like this set us back hundreds of years. Books like this support rape culture. 

If you do have certain kink around this, ok, but maybe keep it to yourself? It is irresponsible to have this text published for the public to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Death, Cannibalism, and Body shaming

This book should’t continue to be printed.

wolvenheart's review against another edition

Poor writing, bad metaphors, poor character development, nonsensical character motivations and on page rape.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Trafficking, Sexism, Racism, and Pedophilia

Seriously, a terrible book. It is written for shock value without substantial content warnings from the author. Somehow, this has been marked as contemporary or dark romance and IT IS NOT. It is horror.

madds61's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexism, Stalking, Rape, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Blood, Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Gun violence

janiced's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Child death

corallydeer's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

One of my new favorite books. The subject matter is definitely very dark and people should absolutely be aware of that before trying to read these books. At least for me, the subject matter wasn't enough to turn me off, and in reality, I truly loved both the story and the author's style overall. Carlton has a wonderful writing style that flows exceptionally well and still feels completely natural. I constantly found myself enthralled and reading for hours on end with ease. Addie, as a character, was a bit annoying at first but I got used to her personality over time and I loved Zade and Daya (Addie's best friend).

Very curious now to see how I'll handle the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Cursing, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Rape, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

The amount of content warning tags makes it hard to explain them all, so for simplicity's sake

this is a dark, stalker romance with violent vigilantism around taking down child and adult human trafficking (for everything from sex trafficking, pedophile rings, organ trade, ritualistic sacrifice and cannibalism)

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kittykyra's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Child death

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

lulafanx's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gore, Death, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Cursing, Child death, Trafficking, Sexism, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Child abuse

_kamrynjesse_'s review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.0

Low key felt like a poorly written Wattpad book from 2012. Appreciated the trigger warnings, but the book writes rape culture off as kinks. Super insensitive masking as “edgy”, and pretty awkward writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Body horror, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

_froggy_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

3.25

This was a wild ride for sure. Not what I normally read and Hella dark, but honestly not horrible. The writing was good, though I did see some of the plottwists coming. 


It's not my type of book, considering it's mainly about a "relationship " built from stalking and then multiple sexual assaults as well as rape. 
If that is what you like to read, you go for it. It was really well written, I can't deny that. If I would have to rate it while just considering the thought outness of it and how well written it is, I'd give it 4/5 ⭐️. 
However my actual  rating with how much I liked it is 3.25

To be completely honest I do not know what to write about this book, I'm still shocked I even read that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Child death, Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

iseefirede's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Definitely more focused on the "erotica" than a story. So don't pick it up expecting a good story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Gore, Rape, Cursing, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, and Infidelity