Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Hunting Adeline: DARK ROMANCE | Der TikTok-Erfolg auf Deutsch! Mit limitiertem Farbschnitt! by H.D. Carlton

223 reviews

very_fem_cave_dweller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

spookychelle87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

cozycutefun's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was just not as good as the first. I hated the first 35% , it truly just felt like trauma porn and I wished it happened a little bit sooner. The middle of this book though, obsessed with. When she escapes, gets found and is like healing and scheming to kill everyone, loved it. Then the last like 10/15% it was getting repetitive. They have an insane fuck, they brutally kill someone. Like my biggest grife with this book is they didn’t just love fuck once. It always had to be insanely graphic, like have sincere scene please. 

The sex just started to add nothing to the story and by the time I reached the end it felt anti climactic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

s0cks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

katiew221's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

3.0

Unbelievably disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, 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, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

halleycos's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

madivano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.5

This book could have ended many chapters in, but I still appreciate the fact that we get to see what PTSD looks like during and after an incident. And is H. D. Carlton okay? 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

lovebandit's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-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

3.5

I’m usually not a “second book” type of person, I usually lose interest half way through the second book so my review could be bias. Hunting Adeline was not as good as the first book, Haunting Adeline. Mid/half point mark of the book, to me, they could have had the resolution of the plot and ended it. The other half of the book was dragged, it definitely had more erotic scene but I was already over it that I just skipped like the last 5 chapters to read the end. Sibby, honestly saved the last half of the book. I love her, she’s funny & I wish we got like a resolution or something for her. And one of the kid that Zade has rescued in part 1 that asked him to be her dad, I wish we got more on that here. Like he adopts her, a marriage scene with adeline or like “5 years after” they got kids and they live happily ever type shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

readyforit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

2⭐️4🌶️(different type of spice than book 1, not in a positive way)
I read an article a few years ago about the show the handmaid’s tale being torture porn. I felt similarly about this book, specifically part 1. I almost DNFed 20% in bc of this and I have never DNFed anything before. Honestly, I’m not sure even sure how these books got published, the torture part of the book is that graphic. I think it probably could’ve been on wattpad and I would’ve been less shocked reading it on there. If you’re looking for a romance, this is not the series for you. Almost every single spicy scene in book 2

uses blood/knife play, which was a little heavy for me. I was disappointed there was almost no sweet reunion between the main characters.

This book deals HEAVILY on the trauma Addie faces during and after

she has been abducted into a sex trafficking ring.

I liked zade’s character development in this book, and we see him as much more than a stalker who has no choice but to give into his darkest desires. Multiple times he says he’ll burn down the world if it means he can save Addie. I don’t like it’s just thrown out there how jay’s character is bi, I wish we could’ve seen him get together with Michael or something! I probably could’ve skipped the whole series, but definitely could’ve skipped this book and just have read the cliff notes or given them a HEA in my headcanon at the end of book 1. I won’t be rereading due to intense dark themes and graphic details. There’s dark romance, and then there’s this series. Please don’t let your teenagers read this🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, 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, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

graphic rape scenes in part 1, spicy scenes in part 2 mostly contain blood/knife play

kinzeekinz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis