Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

69 reviews

deelightfulreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Gore, Body horror, and Blood

natashahillier'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Murder, Gun violence, Incest, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

nogutsnostory's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Murder, Rape, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Confinement, and Sexual violence

nerveblockreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

⭐️:  Enzo is Italian and what he says just sounds delicious. 10/10 swoon
⭐️:  4/5 spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️, of course it got a little repetitive but still enjoyed reading it
⭐️: Overall plot was engaging, and the rollercoaster of a plot had me coming back for more.
0.25 ⭐️:  Enzo’s reaction towards identity theft is 100% over the top. Identity theft just takes a couple daunting phone calls to credit agencies and puts an extra security measure to combat it from happening again. It makes your financial life a tad bit inconvenient, it does not ruin your life because banks protect you against fraudulent transactions nowadays. killing someone over it is not the answer?!?) overall this man is a walking red flag 🚩🚩🚩 
0.25 ⭐️: This book is problematic on so many levels. Their relationship, albeit it works, is trauma bond and Sawyer is so broken that forgiveness comes easily. This is my first HD Carlton book and I had high expectations since so many people had high regards for Haunting Adeline. The middle portion is dragged out for way to long and the hot/cold of Enzo and Sawyer’s relationship had me pulling my hair from frustration. The trauma both MCs have endured was glossed over and could have been explored to deeper levels instead of ‘this old man is creepy’ and ‘this lighthouse/island is odd’ sentiments expressed time and time again. Enjoyed the read, wouldn't read again. 

Side note: 
- Who is Troy and why do we trust him other than being told we can trust him??? 
- what is up with hooking fingers in the jaw/teeth?? I find this mannerism peculiar and don’t see a reason for its repetitiveness. I can see this happening behind closed doors but on a day to day basis?? I have questions 
- Sylvester is coo-coo and demented, what he does is sickening 🤮
- we must protect Simon at all costs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Mental illness

bookishuniversee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This was so bad that I want to conduct a research on the sexualisation of assault and rape in media 

I probably enjoyed about 15% of the middle. And a bit of the end, I started enjoying it  after I gave up on it being a romance.  All the other times I was :o or >:( 

I choose to read this because someone made an edit of the shark scene at the start very sexily, instead it was straight up just rape. And no it was not consensual/non-consensual because they did not establish that trust or conversation before hand (in comparison to a later scene where they did something similar, but it was agreed on) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Incest, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

anyakdh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

🎶Fuck it I love you - Lana del Rey 
Tbh idk this book was average to me I thought I liked dark romance bc I read haunting Adeline and LOVED IT but this one just didn’t do it for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual violence, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Addiction, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Death, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

lilacworld_'s review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Drug use

pana's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Incest, Gaslighting, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Confinement, and Rape

deesbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse and Murder

Minor: Rape, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, and Incest