Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

257 reviews

lettuce_dance's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Personally I loved it, it was the first book to get me back into reading and I have been looking for a similar book since. Have finished the series and unsure if I’ll find another book that grasped my attention as much as this did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

It is very much a smut book with dark content. Be prepared for the sexual tension and sexual interactions.

lara_pavlick's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A lot of spicy scenes that really make your jaw drop, but got way more interesting towards the end with the main plot. Some of the dialogue was great, and some was a little cringey as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

mahie_09goel's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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UMM, I have mixed feelings about the book. First thing first, it is a highlyyyyyy unrelatable book from a love story perspective. I definitely didn't like the whole stalker plot; I was rather invested in Gigi's story. Apart from that, the book felt very much like the twisted series or the typical smut-driven books. Again, it's just my opinion. The more i am reading such books, the more I am reminded of the fact that I just don't like it anymore. Zade is a very, very, very stereotyped bad guy kind of a person and is also extremely pretentious. Even though he "saves" women and children, his entire personality seems shitty to me. He is literally so cocky. The whole time he just tried to force himself on a girl and justify it by saying, "I know she wants me; just doesn't speak it out." I just couldn't absorb the idea that he thought his ways could make someone fall in love FFS. His CONSTANT urge to get physical with her keeps getting irritating. PLUS the whole swearing throughout. Adeline too seemed...idk, but I liked her better than Zade but still, I just cant understand what's wrong with the characters. Overall, whatever the author wanted to do here, I am not sure if the task was accomplished. Now I am really not sure if I should start the second part even though the first one ends on a cliffhanger. Based on the brief synopsis, I might just give it a quick read. Basically skimming through all the unnecessary smut and Zade's cockiness.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder

noctifer's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

1.5

medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness

misscaitie's review against another edition

0.5

dark slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

ladykristyofwigtownshire's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

esdiecinueve's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Slavery, Blood, Trafficking

Minor: Child death

sb_readz's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Car accident, Murder

Minor: Child abuse

valeadriana's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 37%

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Uffff just don't pick this up please, don't give it any more clout, it's racist, antisemitic and every rapist's fanasty. Urgh
Booktok made me pick up this novel, and boy, do I regret not reading up on this more before starting it.

The FMC is raped by her stalker, who conveniently hunts down rapists and human traffickers for a living, but then does the EXACT SAME THING to her???
 
This is so so so bad and I just want to factory reset my brain to never ever have touched upon this bullshit novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail