Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

20 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Child death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Infidelity, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

kellyro_reads's review against another edition

It was too cringe for me. I didn’t understand the justification of killing certain people over others in this book…not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Gore, Bullying, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Stalking

xxbooksescapexx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Holy hell, this book is so freaking good, but also very dark and very triggering, but nothing I couldn't get through because of the sensitive topic that's happening in the book highly recommend if you like dark romances, but also will slightly make you sad definitely check your triggers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, Bullying, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug use

sadie94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Death

sydneeshae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Torture, Rape, Child death, Cursing, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Violence

sunray_sunburn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am ASHAMED to have enjoyed this book as much as I did. I will have to answer for my sins later, but for now I will give you my review of this dark dark dark (did I mention this is very dark) book. 

I will not recommend this book openly to anyone. Please please please know what you are getting into. Read the trigger warnings and then read them again. I have not read anything so graphic in the gore and rape as is in this book. It was not the best writing in the world, but it did scratch an itch - that I am very ashamed to have - and I couldn't put it down (unless I couldn't stomach it anymore for the day). The last 10% is very triggering and you should be of sound mind to get through it. 

The romance/smut aspect of this book: the smut is very good (oh god I really am going to hell). My dear dear cousin summed it up beautifully, "if you have ever had a rape fantasy, then you will like this book." I feel like that is a great warning for the spice in this book. THE GUN SCENE!!! Don't read or listen to this in public because damn, I thought I had a good smut in public poker face but I was proved so wrong. 

Now I have to decide if I will read the next book, not because the story isn't compelling, but because I have to decide if I want to be the person I will be when I am done with it. 

Side note: I will not be discussing any of my feeling about this with anyone who has not read the book since they are my only safe space in this category lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, Infidelity, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcoholism, Body horror, Grief, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Slavery, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gore, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Medical content

ssakara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, and Adult/minor relationship

kitsuneru's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

this is so good. very dark and very serious topics are being dealt with but there are some funny moments and i enjoyed it. zade😩 idk if he’s a stalker why is he so hot and i love the protective trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Violence, Stalking, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Child death

mel_issareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.25

This was a wild read for sure. 
The stalker, murder mystery, and crime investigation/vigilante storyline was kind of chaotic but somehow it worked. 
There were some aspects to this dark romance that almost had me dnf-ing. 

The story progresses in a way that made me interested in the characters and I really HAD to know what was going to happen in the end. And now I’m ready to read the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Torture, Sexual content, and Murder

perpetual_caffienated's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Rapey Dom/Brat spice. Dark themes. 
TW: child SA, murder, stalking, bully/force, "mouth says no pussy says yes" SA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence