Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

194 reviews

kat1105's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, and Violence

niamhrowanch's review against another edition

dark fast-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

1.0

this suuuucked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Drug use, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Body horror, Cursing, Torture, Confinement, Gun violence, Grief, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

lisailacqua's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Violence

addyintheburg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I found that for this novel, the plot was less of my interest as the reason I did buy the book was for dark romance. The smut of the book is 10/10, however the underlying premise of the work does contribute to a mystery. I enjoyed it overall, but found some annoyance in the plot twists midway, and at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Torture, Blood, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

megsbookishworld's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I read this book in a 24 hour period (2 sittings).
The author wants you to go in blind but there is some dark stuff in this book so be warned.

The biggest thing I struggled with is how tf are you gonna fall in love with someone who kidnapped you and held you prisoner for days?!?  Stockholm syndrome is joked about in the book but seriously….. 

Then the murdering…. Every chapter, another body in explicit detail. 

If you don’t like blood, maybe don’t read this.

Also if you don’t like dom/sub dynamics this is absolutely not for you.

I went in blind, was it for me? No.
But it is really well written and I never saw the end coming.
The author definitely had me Hooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Drug use, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gun violence, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Death

jazzlibrariansbookcase's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

From reading this, I have found that I DO NOT LIKE mafia romances. Which is essentially what it is - the twist is that it is spicy, and that there is a vague link to Captain Hook and his rapscallioness. It is quite violent, with breath play, and I won't be reading the rest of the set. If it is 'Disney characters but mafia and spice', I'm not interested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Torture, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

gigglesag98's review

adventurous tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

bergha1998's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

It’s not a retelling, McIntire tells you that from the beginning, but I really do enjoy it. Dark romance, villain gets the girl, that’s my shit. I did think Wendy was won over by James a bit too fast (both times), but I like them both as characters. The plot twist was an easy one to guess, though. 

Dark Romance, Insta Love, 3 3/4 🔥

“You are, without a doubt, the only good I’ve ever known.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

linearev's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

This book is not for the People who like a morally grey man who likes an innocent girl. James (hook) is irredeemably a bad person, and if you can accept that, this book will be good. Though, if you expect him to having somehow misunderstood killing and being a mob boss, put the book down, for your own good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Drug use

christinaskina's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

2.0

This was not my cup of tea. It was salacious without substance and the shock factor was not done well enough to make me come around to liking any of the characters despite their serious flaws. I also didn’t buy the romance or chemistry between the main characters. And there was so much abuse and fucked up behavior, which I was prepared for going in, but all the complexity was so shallow it didn’t even count for me. Glad other people liked it! Wasn’t high enough caliber writing to get me invested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexual content