Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

218 reviews

everythinginbetween'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gore, and Child abuse

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

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

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

withreveling's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

1.25

Uuuuuuuughhhhh. She’s just too dumb for me. Was the smut fun? Yes. 
Did I physically cringe at all the torture? Yes.
Was I initially rooting for them? Yes.

Does Wendy have any concept of contraception? No.

I found many of the Peter Pan references to be overly obtuse and deserving of eye-rolls. 
I really wanted to like this. Their chemistry was bangin’ (heh) but I just could not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexism, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse

Pregnancy

samslifeinbooks's review

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? It's complicated

1.5

So many aspects of this story make absolutely no sense. 9 hours of audio book I will never get back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Torture

mistyhearts's review

This was my first true dark romance book and turns out, it isn’t for me. I didn’t expect the gore to be quite as detailed as it is and the lowkey necrophilia was flat out disgusting to me. It made me nauseous. I likely will not pick up another dark romance book again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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