Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

39 reviews

bellestallard's review against another edition

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

4.0

as a shark girl, let me just say 😳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Body horror, and Child death

car_car22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

I LOVED this book! There were plot twists I didn’t expect and yet it made me love it even more. It was dark but hopeful, tense but had light scenes. I loved the water aspect and how everything ended up threading together! Go read it! Check TW!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Torture, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

illuminatedspace's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

The spicy scenes are fairly spicy but the darkness of the romance motivates the hero to do something pretty unforgivable at the beginning and I'm not sure he's really forgivable by the end. The non-spice plot also takes an icky turn in the last quarter. I guess it was actually a little too dark for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Body horror, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual violence, Incest, and Sexual assault

lilithreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Child death, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Incest

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Grief

lea_talisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

Let’s start with saying: the book isn’t bad s as it is… it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
I do enjoy a good dark romance at times, though the aggression and right out hatred the characters handled each other with made things hard for me. Even more problematic were some of the spicy scenes where he quite literally is on the edge of killing her. Also at times she’s saying no multiple times and things are happening not only without consent but with her having him told no.
I know it’s dark romance so some taboos will definitely be featured but -again- it just wasn’t my thing.

Yet, sometimes Enzo was incredibly thoughtful and caring. In my opinion the balance between him being an absolute asshole and him being the tender love interest, was just off. So while there absolutely were parts I enjoyed a lot (eg. unexpectedly the thriller parts) all in all it didn’t really do it for me.

Either way here are some quotes (maybe minor spoilers?):

• „The sharp pinpricks release all kinds of endorphins into my system, and I decide here, and now, that I’m addicted to tattoos.“ same, girl

• „I've been scared my entire life, and I've been touched my entire life. It'll never hurt when you touch me, but it hurt that you were no longer safe.“ ouch

•„What happened to you does not define you. It only forged a new path that will take you to a different version of yourself. But no one can force you to walk that road; only you can determine who you will be once you get there. It’s your choice who you become“

•„Imagine what you could do if you only believed in yourself.“

•„I’ve spent so much time running that I don’t remember why I’m living.“

•„There’s a place in the ocean, so deep, where not a single point of light penetrates through it. And for so long, I’ve been trapped there, unable to breathe. When I met you, you lifted me out of that darkness, and it was the first time I came up for air.“ a rare moment of Enzo living to his full potential 

•„We both lost pieces of ourselves that day. But as time passed while stuck in that lighthouse, we slowly merged our remaining scattered pieces until we made more sense together than we did apart.“

•„You made me want to live.“

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

lauramparis's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Torture, and Suicide

obiwankiome's review against another edition

dark sad

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

summerunderawillowtree's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

Assault, a misunderstanding of marine biologists and a lot of spice that could’ve been kinky if there was any consent involved…but instead was just cringey and super gross. I kept hoping for a twist wherein the MC kills this absolutely rapey “love interest” but nah… she ends up with him. Big nope energy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Incest, Child abuse, Suicide, Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Torture

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, and Toxic relationship