Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

117 reviews

cinderackerman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.75

It wasn’t my favorite book by this author. It was okay in the beginning and had a faster pace in the middle, but I actually started to grow bored by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Blood, Rape, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Please read your triggers!! Very important

vivireads99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this one! The smut was absolutely filthy; I loved it! The plot kept me engaged and felt pretty spooky. I do think the book felt a little dragged out. Other than that is was awesome!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse

kelseyyreadssbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Confinement, Incest, Murder, Child abuse, Death, and Rape

m00sereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Pedophilia, Incest, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, and Murder

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

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Incest, and Gun violence

ciarareadstoomuch's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Definitely lots of triggers (which it makes in the beginning) and I had a hard time with some of them because I had been through similar or the same, but overall the book was so good and I loved how H.D. Carlton represented those things so well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Domestic abuse

mjdedevis24's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

paperdreams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

samigilbert's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

i dont even know how to rate this. it was so unsettling yet i couldn’t put it down. this book made me feel so many different things that i need to process….

i again don’t care for the repetitive phrases like “shell of my ear” or them constantly saying they hate each other lmao. like we get it!!

the spicy parts were SPICY!!!!! but also some made my stomach twist. also, the graphic/gorey scenes were almost too much for me and i couldn’t get images out of my head. 

i did enjoy the moments of sincerity and intimacy sprinkled in in the later half of the book. idk if dark romance is for me??? or maybe just not this dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Confinement