Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

48 reviews

batesbreanna0's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Pedophilia, and Murder

etdavenport's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

0.25

ABUSIVE👏🏼 IS 👏🏼NOT 👏🏼ROMANTIC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

bronzestars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

1.5

I was really disappointed by this book. I heard so many good things about it from booktok. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to “yuck” somebody’s “yum”, but it just wasn’t very good. It seems like Sawyer and Enzo were kind of forced together at first. There’s not much of a build. They just kind of find each other and are instantly having sex. The spice isn’t necessarily bad, as a matter of fact, I thought it was really good until it’s contextualized. It’s almost like CNC without the C part. Towards the end it got a bit more interesting but it only lasted a little while before falling short again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Rape, Suicide, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

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

daphnebluereads'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

truly, everything everyone ever said about this book is true. it’s so steamy, dark & twisty, scary, and has a LOVE STORY?!?! shut up. so good. i truly was panicking through the last quarter of the book. i couldn’t put it down. i couldn’t pull myself away from it. and i still ended the book warm and happy. the roller coaster thar is this book, is so worth every emotion you will feel throughout. 

the spooky-ooky element, is so pointedly and perfectly placed throughout to keep you so interested that you just HAVE to keep reading. you’ve just got to know what’s going on. it leads you on such a wild ride. absolutely amazing. 

the love story, started off so iffy for me, but i was desperate for it to work. the epilogue just fills me with so much joy, to know how much the characters develop. so heartwarming 🥹 

THE SPICE?! shut up. 12 stars. bar set. phenomenal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, and Emotional abuse

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

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.

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