Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

6 reviews

blububbs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Death of parent, Misogyny, Rape, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident

meggytheetherealgoddess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

hebe15mrrbl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Rape, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Physical abuse, and Murder

zc2's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The ending…. I hate it here. Other than that the book is pretty good. The smut is intense beyond words and the mystery with her great grandmothers death had me on the edge of my seat. I’m reading to read the next one 🤭 CHECK TW!!!!!! 🙂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gun violence, Genocide, Blood, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Grief

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow this was such an amazing book. It had my emotions all over the place. Constantly back and forth and up and down. I almost never wanted to put it down needing to know what happens next. 

I absolutely love Zade and Adeline. They are phenomenal together. I love the little cat and mouse game they play together. And I love how Adeline loves being scared and how Zade plays into that fear.

Now don't get me wrong there's some absolutely disgusting things in this book that made me absolutely angry. And it's very graphic about it too. But it makes me love Zade more because he's out there fighting against the bad guys doing these absolutely horrid things to women and children. And he's not doing it to avenge a horrible past or anything as he's always had a good childhood and parents, he's doing it out of the goodness of his heart even if many would find his tactics and methods wrong. His way actually gets things done.

And the side story with the mystery of Adeline's great grandmothers(Genevieve/Gigi) murder. Absolutely phenomenal as well. I guessed the killer pretty early on even though it's not in your face out there. The guy just gave me bad vibes from the moment he was introduced even though he's only seen in diary entries. Although the reasons behind him killing Gigi was what shocked me. I never guessed the motive behind the murder so I still found some surprise in the reveal of the murderer and who helped cover up the murder shocked me as well.

It's safe to say this was definitely a very hot and often scary read. And I loved seeing the meeting of Sibel (Sibby) and Zade from Zade's pov this time as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Stalking, Trafficking, Torture, Violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

bookishdaylight's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

This book is very dark and has many trigger warnings that you should be aware of. If this is your first time reading this genre then I suggest you do not read this book. Details are very graphic and can make you uncomfortable so be warned.

I think this book should be categorized as a thriller than a romance so the themes wouldn't mislead others and think that the actions made by the protagonist are acceptable. The thing is that there are so many moments that place doubts on the main character's beliefs where over time she makes an effort to accept her situation which is not fine at all.

I hate that there were moments that should be taken seriously but instead, they romanticize them.
It makes the readers think that the action that was made by the predator is fine which makes them ignore the other red flags that were present throughout the whole book. I also didn't like that there was little discussion about Adeline's situation and it was disregarded at times or brushed off by her.

If the predator himself should be considered a savior for the reason he saves sex-trafficked girls and women from men who abused them then sure he can be called a savior but if he does save women and children and have this particular liking towards this one woman and tries to stalk her and force her in a relationship then how can he be a good guy if what he does is save people then does this traumatizing stuff to this one woman.

I'm fine with him killing other people and stuff but her not giving consent and him forcing himself on her is not acceptable but he still continues to do throughout the whole book. I researched topics and themes that this book has so I am aware of some of the things that this book talks about but still questionable stuff.

In some way, the stalking part traumatize me a bit since I also experienced it recently and it made me remember the times when it happened to me...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Child abuse