Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

163 reviews

godxless's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death, and Stalking

amberlynnnnn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Violence

bimsa'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The writing was great, pace and plot was cohesive and engaging. Smut and story dark but not overwhelming. TW recommended for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Blood, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Rape, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Torture

wzr013's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, Death, Violence, Child death, Car accident, War, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Rape

shakurday's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

One of my favorites. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Classism, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Stalking, Self harm, Child abuse, Trafficking, Bullying, Gun violence, Mental illness, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Blood, and Gore

eaveryll's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

2.0

This book was extremely difficult to get through. Take the trigger warnings seriously. The first half is extremely graphic and the second half left me feeling uncomfortable after having read part 1. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Torture, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Confinement

The reunion does not come for a long time and you read a lot of on page and referenced rape/assault. There is PTSD and graphic sexual scenes after the first half kidnapping.

hanschub's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Stalking, Gore, Murder, Death, and Mental illness

mimo_'s review against another edition

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

ok so like what the fuck is this (again)
i dont care about either one of them and the "cliffhanger" at the end means nothing to me 
i read this purely for science to see what the booktok girlies see in him and quite frankly i dont see much please seek help if this is ur man
despite all of the questionable things in this entire book its somehow not the worst thing ive read (iykyk) but it still. wasnt very good. 

there is so much non-con in here like zade get it together this man has so many kinks that are doing a bit too much. after all this forcing himself on adeline because physically she wants it but mentally shes like get the fuck away from me hes somehow supposed to be redeemed bc hes a vigilante killing human traffickers

also why was there a random murder mystery in here it wasnt even that thrilling like she did the same thing jfkdndnksv adeline is stupid

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Blood, Child death, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Cursing, Hate crime, Alcohol, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Rape

got_smut's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

This book gets a lot of hype, it came very highly recommended. As an avid reader of spice and darkness, I scooped this up and dove in. I read it a year ago and it didn’t really resonate with me. I saw it gaining traction again and thought a reread was necessary… well, my original review stands. I didn’t really care for it. It has all the elements for a great read:
Stalker
Murder mystery
Fighting against human trafficking 
Spice galore
Murder
Ghosts

I think it was Adeline who didn’t do it for me… she wasn’t a strong FMC in my opinion. I loved her haunted house, her job, her friend… but she was kind of flat. I know this isn’t a popular opinion, but it was not my favorite (or top 20). It’s not bad, give it a read. Though it wasn’t for me, I’d still recommend it to a friend who may enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Torture, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Stalking, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

navikris's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Drug use, Vomit, Torture, Trafficking, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Gun violence, Gore, Slavery, and Car accident