Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

195 reviews

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

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Torture, Gun violence, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Grief, Gore, and Murder

smorz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.5

The smut in this book is frequent so if that's what you're looking for, look no further. However if you desire some variety or a more dense vocabulary look elsewhere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Drug use, Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Pedophilia

mayareadsxo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

kori_reads_stories's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

🥵🌶️🏴‍☠️A modern, twisted retelling of Peter Pan told from the perspectives of Hook and Wendy, this was a fun, quick read. There was a lot of violence in this dark romance, along with some dubious consent. If you like those themes, this would be a good book to bring on vacation. It’s part of McIntire’s Never After series, with 4 other “fractured fairy tales” available to readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

phlipsie's review

dark emotional tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Dubious consent

allyf21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Gore, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

lindsykay12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

cowboykae'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Child abuse

astegs8390's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use