Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

157 reviews

lucifyre's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, and Violence

buuki's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Murder, Child death, Cursing, and Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, and Murder

mayawata_'s review against another edition

I don’t mind dark romances, but not this dark.

There were two rape scenes in the 40% of the book I read and I couldn’t do it.

I got a general idea of the entire plot and i wanted to read it, but the gore and details were too much. While I understand the nature of the topic that surrounds the plot and how it is, in reality, dark and horrific, I couldn’t read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Gore, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Slavery, Murder, and Physical abuse

taytay15's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

OMG where do I even begin! From the first chapter I was instantly drawn in to the mystery of this book. I don’t normally go for this type of novel but I’m so glad I decided to give it a try. Zade by far is the creepiest but sexiest character I have read that it was hard to not fall in love with him. This book does get very graphic so that warning in the very beginning is no joke. I don’t like cliff hangers normally but thank you Jesus that the second part is available. There were moments that made me say “WTF” multiple times and had to stop reading to give my mind a break but then there were other times that I just couldn’t stop. I highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Sexual content, Slavery, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Child abuse

The author does give warning before starting the book. If you don’t read that but then find that the book is not what you want or like to read, you were warned ahead of time.

katyiswriting's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Slavery, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Torture, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

devilchild4833's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

_hb's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Not really my thing to read but read due to everyone’s hype. Started skipping through certain scenes as it wasn’t for me, I did like the actual plot of what they did for their jobs and the ending of the book although I knew it finished on a cliff hanger, was predictable from Adeline’s pov but was surprising from Zades pov and in the end the person behind it all. I enjoyed the murder mystery behind Gigi so the actual story line itself was good. For obvious reasons that most people have not read the book, is the reason I only gave it 3.75. Overall a book I read quickly as I wanted to find out more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Slavery, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Trafficking, and Physical abuse

rensmagiclibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book dives heavily into intense and dark themes, so please take extreme notice of the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book. However, if you're drawn to sinister storytelling, the dual perspectives of the Manipulator and the Shadow offer a gripping narrative. The ending left me eager to download Hunting Adeline. 

For fans of dark 'romance,' this is worth exploring. But, if you're sensitive to these themes or not a fan of dark romance, skipping it won't be a huge loss. Personally, while well-written, it wasn't a must-read for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, Trafficking, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Torture, Body horror, Death, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

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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trashely's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

Extremely poor writing that came across as Q-Anon's wet dream. Author had clearly never been to Seattle nor researched the region when describing the book's setting, extremely unrealistic portrayal of sex trafficking, and very poorly developed characters, not to mention the unredeemable rape scenes. I do not understand the hype and actively advise against reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Body horror, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Slavery, Trafficking, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse