Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

344 reviews

rbjennings's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

ALL OF THE TRIGGER WARNINGS. It’s a good book but VERY GRAPHIC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use

shebby1991's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

almendraa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Body horror, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use

hanschub's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

i definitely enjoyed it, but one of the plot twists (the biggest one imo) was so fucking weird...

why did they have to be half siblings…gross.

i would’ve dnf’d if that plot twist was revealed sooner. the only reason my rating is over 2 stars is because of some quality quotes and spiciness level. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

tenay_d's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

This book needs to come with a warning. It’s messed up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

mushmush's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Blood, and Gore

mikelledacus's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Vomit, Pregnancy, Slavery, Drug use, and Kidnapping

readyforit's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

4⭐️4🌶️
The author really gets your hopes up and then you have a moment of WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU!! There are lots of twists, some of which I predicted as the book went on. I also listened along with the audiobook and I’d say that’s the superior way to read this book, since there are 2 narrators. I do wish they did duet narration where the FMC and MMC are speaking to each other back and forth like a dialogue, rather than have the FMC chapters narrated by the woman and MMC narrated by the man. I also wish we got more Jon! Wendy and Jon and James and Jon. I also read the extended epilogue that is free on the author’s website and it’s a nice wrap up 10 years later, along with character profiles for Wendy and James. 

I liked both the FMC and MMC but I wished for more character development from Wendy. She doesn’t have a huge personality in the movie either but I feel like maybe she could’ve had some more development than “finding her voice” (barely). James is a complex morally gray character that often makes terrible decisions because he’s blinded by his trauma. I could see so many times in the book where I was like CANT YOU SEE THE ANSWER IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! And he would just continue blaming his enemies from his past.

If you’re hesitant to pick this book up, I’d lookup the trigger warnings. There is mention of

child abuse/pedophilia

but nothing graphic. Also just because this is a Peter Pan “retelling” doesn’t mean hook and Wendy have an age gap, they’re both consenting adults in their 20s. It’s more like the author uses elements of the story like names and places, as she calls it a fractured fairytale.  I liked the book and there was plenty of spice, but I wished it was longer for more fluff and maybe more backstory. I probably won’t be rereading it unless I forget the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit

mentions of child sexual assault are all done through flashbacks and are not graphic

emileical's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Infidelity, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

the_bookworm_rabbit's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

This book has been popping up on my tiktok and Instagram for ages, so I finally took the plunge and decided to read it. 

There were definitely some good parts of the book, but some of it just missed the mark for me. 

Hook himself wasn't the greatest character. I have no problem with morally grey love interests, but Hook left something to be desired. The man is meant to be running a criminal empire, but he didn't get his facts straight for most of the things he did. It's kind of hard to believe that he wouldn't look into his people more thoroughly and make sure he was making the right people pay. 

Wendy's character was OK despite basically falling for the first guy she thinks doesn't know who her father is despite the warning signs. 

The spice was pretty good but definitely won't be everyone's cup of tea. Definitely check trigger warnings as there are mentions of kidnapping, child abuse, and more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Child abuse