Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

195 reviews

swalsmeyer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Sexual content

vreyna20_2004's review against another edition

• 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

It was going so good until the kidnapping part. Before anyone attacks me, there is some dark romance I like but the kidnapping wasn’t what pissed me off. Actually it was the lack of communication on James' part when Wendy tried explaining that she knew nothing about what happened to Ru. Also hated how innocent Wendy is in everything like it’s fine to be innocent but I kept rolling my eyes when Jonathan would tell Wendy how shitty of a father he is which leads me to my next point. The ending. Good God how horrendous and rushed it felt. I don’t know if you’ve watched a Spanish soap opera where there’s car crashes left and right, someone announces that they have a mystery kid that turns out to be a main character, then more deaths that you constantly have your mouth on the floor by the reveals. Think of that for this book. Smee turns out to be James’ cousin from the Uncle he killed, James is half-siblings with Jonathan because Peter’s wife had an affair which is why he caused the plane to crash that killed his wife and James’ father, then Wendy kills her father and they take Jonathan out of the school and live happily ever after in the boat. I don’t like rushed endings and this wasn’t executed well which made me not like it as much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

This book also talks about drugs and selling of drugs if you don’t like that please don’t read this book. This book also has child neglect.

jotorr's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

stephliljazz's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a Dark Romance Fairytale Retelling of Peter Pan. Drug lords pushing pixie dust, and fighting over territory plus a revenge driven MMC. You just can't go wrong here. The MMC is Hook and the MFC is Wendy. I flew through this book. I'm usually a pretty slow reader but this I finished in a day. Peter Pan is my favorite story of all time so i wanted to give this retelling a chance and it did not disappoint. Is it like the original Peter Pan? No, not at all, it is quite spicy. Did the author find ways to interweave characters and things from the original story into her retelling flawlessly? Yes she absolutely did that. I would rate the spice 5 peppers! There is a lot of spice and it is very detailed. There is quite a bit of violence also just a heads up. Consider that your trigger warning. I can't wait to read the others in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Car accident

laura2604's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug use, Child abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

mysafe_place's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

1.0

"Hooked" had so much potential to be honest, yet it gravely disappointed me. The whole idea behind it is nothing new, but it is something that could have been told in a better way. The writting was off, sometimes made me slam the book against my own head because it was so damn awful. Oftentimes it felt like I was reading a fanfiction. Besides that, Wendy's character was the one I liked the least since she was so shallow. I do not expect every strong female character to be a genius and be an excellent fighter,  but her whole demeanour vexed me a lot. The author clearly attempted to add some character development to her but I would consider this attempt as clearly failed. Her "development " only showed in the last few pages and there was no in-between,  no way she went to become the person she'd be by the end of the book. Subsequently, I found it really questionable how the relationship between James and Wendy was portrayed. Calling her a pet and she being fine with that? I almost stopped reading by then. Besides, their whole relationship was almost completely based on sex and if they had any meaningful conversations it was only while they were having sex. I do have to admit that I am not a fan of smut but this book took it way too far. 
All in all, a terrible book to start my reading year 2024.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual content

kimreadsbooks_'s review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Murder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

starpeace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

rtrotzko'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, and Kidnapping

plusbian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Absolutely delicious to read. Not a retelling per se but a lovely nod to the original story.

The characters were all developed with care (even the minor ones had a little side story) and the plot didn’t disappointed.

Dark and sexy and all kinds of wrong, this is a great start to the series. I already downloaded the second one for my flight tomorrow.

Ps: as much as the plot didn’t disappointed me it is fair to say it wasn’t without its flaws. Some of these scenes were just unbelievable but it is fairly tale inspired so I can’t really fault the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Bullying, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Addiction, and Torture