Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

68 reviews

vickyz_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I could not for the life of me put this down! This is the my first Emily McIntire book and I love the writing style for this book which made it an easy read! I just love how the relationship developed between Wendy and Hook! I’m really looking forward to continue the Never After series! 5/5⭐️🥳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Rape

nicnacsmom's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

I found the writing to be a bit forced & rushed. You won't find a slow burn romance, or a villain turned hero trope here. The ending was somewhat predictable. 

However, I loved the plays on words/names, and subtle hints & details that were included in the writing, reminiscent of the Peter Pan stories we're all familiar with. I also appreciated the "Playlist" included at the beginning of the book, as I am someone who imagines and listens to music while reading, to accompany the theme of the telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape

toriamos's review

This book is bad :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

carlaabra's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

Complicated feelings about this one. I read it and annotated it for a friend’s gift. 

If you like your smut spicy, this has it. Much graphic sex. 

If you like your heroes anti, this has it. Much dark brooding.

However if you like your characters well-rounded and realistic, you will not find it here.

 They’re shallow and basically one, maybe two tropes morphed into their entire personality. Side characters exist purely to further the plot. Two stars purely bc the plot was kind of interesting. 
My final gripe is the kink. It reminded me a lot of 50 shades (which I’ve thankfully only skimmed)- naive vanilla (virgin!) girl, rich kinky guy with violent tendencies (+a tortured childhood). Fine, boring, but fine. The real issue: we’ve got the same shit depictions of BDSM! No ground rules established, stuff just *happens* mid-sex without discussion beforehand and the girl goes along with it (and ofc loves it immediately, bc it’s smut). But cmon. Letting a complete stranger choke you and throw you around? The guy suddenly trying anal even as she’s protesting and unsure about it - worse especially bc she’s a sub with a praise kink and a desire to not disappoint him? PLUS no discussion of protection? This ain’t it chief. That’s not a partner that cares about your well-being or respects your autonomy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Pregnancy

See author’s website for detailed TWs.

rmorairty's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

hannibanani29's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

stitchof's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

erovelo's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jtreinen20's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

jamespotterluv's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.75

YALLLL i was not ready for this book. it literally had... me... hooked... sorry i had to. ANYWAY THIS WAS SO AUHFASUOF like it was SUCH a slow paced book n took me quite a while to finish but lorddddd. the plot twists j kept coming!! im a big advocate for plot twists, i love THEM. 90% of the time i see them coming and i know exactly what the plot "twist" is. wasnt the case w this book. the plot twists didnt rlly take place until the end? n then they call came in a row. BOOM BOOM BOOM, continuous plot twists. u should have seen my face i was fr GASPING. some of the lines r so raw n special to me fr like oh my word. ik this ain't a retelling of the "fairytale" but the CHARACTERISATIONS. there was one plot twist (yall know what im talking abt once u read it) that made me feel a lilllll ????? but we move. we'll j pretend that plot twist don't exist. it's definitely extremely gory n the plot is either a sex scene or someone being killed so i'd recommend not reading in public. also it aint for the lighthearted. when i say the gore/violence is graphic, i aint exaggerating. it's a tad sanist but.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

james barrie, im looking at u.