Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

52 reviews

krosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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, Cursing, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Please read your triggers!! Very important

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

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, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

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

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

__romancereader__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥I freaking lovedddddddd this book it was so good every time i thought something was gonna happen the opposite did and not in a bad way i love how funny these characters to me i love how Sawyer was just a normal purposely trying to annoy Enzo funny and Enzo was just a serious funny overall i love Enzo and Sawyer together i love there names to Enzo Vitale and Sawyer Bennett i just love them i live how there was no !!!!!!Spoiler!!!!!! Bad break up at the end like every book normally does them damn breakups be giving me anxiety for the whole book until its over i also love how protective Enzo and Sawyer were of each other they have 🌶️ a very spicy relationship and a whole lot of sexual desire for each other the amount of times they hate f*cked is crazy i mean this author took enemies to lovers to a whole other level 🌶️ and i am not complaining i enjoyed it all and without a doubt i rate this book five stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ i would rate it more if i could❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥and the tension of both Enzo and Sawyer was so good allot of there tension was sexual tension and i loved it 🥰🥰🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Not all the content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the people you hear/meet in the book🥰🥰😁😁🙃🙃Enjoy

hannahp95's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

auburn_phoenix_15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Well H.D. Carlton has done it again and written a fantastic novel. I know most people find her stories to be strange and very disturbing but I like that her novels all show that everyone of her characters is slightly broken and how they fix themselves.

It felt like a little bit of a murder mystery in some places and it was definitely a psychological thriller in the majority but the characters and ending was spectacular.

Read this if you have strong stomach and want a little bit of horror/thriller and also mystery but otherwise keep away from this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

awrittenwood's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

H.D. Carlton makes me question the purity of my soul, and I'd prefer no one provide an answer because I enjoy the corruption. 

Yes, the plot could be outlandish at times, but what sort of thriller doesn't bend our belief system a bit? 

Enzo is a stronzo (asshole), and he doesn't really become not an asshole, but if we're being honest, that's what makes us clench our thighs about some of the men in these dark romances, right? 

I hated the "favorite toe" joke, but that could be because I don't particularly like toes. Other than that, I liked Sawyer. She may have seemed a little immature at times for her age (28), but that could also be attributed to what her character went through. 

That fucking shark scene?! Good God, holy hell. I didn't know what to feel, and I'm uncomfortable about that...but not in the worst way, sooooo...

Anywaaaaaaay...this was another spit-in-my-mouth-pull-my-hair-tell-me-you-hate-my-guts-and-then-rearrange-my-guts-and-tell-me-you-hate-that-you-love-me type of book for me. #noshame 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

morganalexusr's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I wasn’t expecting this book to be so good. The plot was actually super enthralling. It did get a bit repetitive during the lighthouse scenes with the hot and cold attitudes the characters had towards each other. But I understood the reasoning behind the choices of the protagonists. The book was dark and mysterious and a bit haunting at times, and the spice level was 4/5.

Enzo was a complete ass for half of the book, but the end of the novel redeemed him. And Sawyer was easily manipulated and childish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

l_piller's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment