Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

5 reviews

rchulin1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Not sure how the author was able to fit so much into a relatively short book but she did it. Such an interesting concept this book I very much enjoyed it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Body horror, Medical content, Vomit, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Confinement, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

smhawks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Police brutality, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

robyn_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

A good dark romance that I really enjoyed and read it really fast. Loved the main characters and how they were when they were finally together. Kind of creepy and romantic. Only thing was it was a bit annoying how they kept going back and forth at the start. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Addiction, Body horror, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

anastashamarie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cursing, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Deportation, Rape, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Incest

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Near-drowning and dubious consent occur multiple times throughout the book. There is also a detailed shipwreck scene. Please read trigger warnings at the beginning of the book.