Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

197 reviews

maryanne_dawson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, and Toxic relationship

kamkam360's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Body horror, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

naechan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.5

The first part was promising. Good girl with daddy issues runs in to a bad boy with a traumatic past. For once I thought we were going to get a female lead who is a good person at her core but who isn’t a complete idiot. For example,

she's rightfully suspicious when he randomly shows up at her workplace after they met only once without her giving him the address.

She seemed to have some common sense and self preservation at first until she goes on an actual date with him, after which it’s like she got a lobotomy and her whole personality got wiped out. The second half is just Stockholm syndrome galore. I didn’t buy their “love” at all, I felt like there was no emotional connection between the two main characters, at best they are just horny for each other. He treats her like shit the whole time and she just decides she’s okay with it because of her daddy issues I guess. I also didn’t care about the whole mystery/plot surrounding the drug cartel. 
There was an annoying amount of  misogyny and women hating, not just from the male characters, but the narrative itself. Wendy is this virginal, innocent and pure creature who is secretly yearning to be fucked hard and that makes her special. Meanwhile all other women in this book are superficial, evil and vapid. They just jealous of her and they don’t act like people at all, but like caricatures of themselves.
It’s not the worst thing I have read, but it feels like wasted potential. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall this book just wasn’t for me. I don’t vibe with the writing style and I came away from it feeling the characters were underdeveloped. For me, it almost felt like reading fan fiction, and while I’m not opposed to a spicy book, the lack of connection I felt between the main characters left them feeling a bit unfulfilling. 
So, yeah, I didn’t hate it, but it won’t be taking a permanent place on my bookshelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Child abuse

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Confinement, Misogyny, Bullying, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Stalking

chainsiren's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, and Gun violence

meat_muffin'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

Whewwwww, I could not have cared less about any of the characters, or the plot, or any aspect of this story. Literally trudged my way through to the end 😬

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Gun violence, Incest, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Body horror, Drug use, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

yugrah's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It’s so freakin good! Definitely spicy and kinky. Has a few fun plot twists throughout. And the epilogue gives you a few extra years of content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

mushroomfrog's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder