Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

69 reviews

mariapane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Buku kedua dari HD Carton dan tidak mengecewakan!!! 
Untung aku ga ada baca sinopsis atau baca review orang jadi aku benar benar buta siapa tokoh utamanyaa atau gimana jalan ceritanya
Karakternya baik Hero-Heroine itu mix ga selalu hitam putih 
Plotnya juga oke walupun ditengah aku sudah menebak apa tujuan tokoh  yang satu ini tapi aku tetap menikmati dan tidak membosankan
Kisa cinta Enzo-Sawyer ini benci jadi cinta gitu tapi diawali dengan one night stand yg kukira kok cepat banget sih mereka gituan tapi itu awal dari semuanya dan kisah mereka penuh dengan kemarahan, dan tetap gayanya penulis yang satu ini penuh dengan adegan steamy nya yang kadang kadang buat aku meringis saking terkejut dengan gaya percintaan yang lumayan dark gitu hehehe tapi plotnya tetap ga kalah seru sih 
Ga sabar nunggu buku selanjutnya dari author ini!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Police brutality, Rape, Incest, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, and Confinement

librariamortis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Child abuse

rmorairty's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

Friggin sharks, man.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Not as good as haunting Adeline but still had dark romantic thriller vibes. We’re living for that! Overall good, I hated that they lost to a man with one leg more so winning to him but we’ll in the end….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Pedophilia, Incest, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

taroroot's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.0

idk who tf started recommending this everywhere on booktok but i hated this book so much. how did we read them having sex at least 4 times and i still did not want to be with this ugly ass man? why is he so violent and unhinged when he's literally just an Average Dude? there was no reason for all that. why did they fall in love in like 15 pages when this book was so damn long? idk anything bro wtf was this shitshow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Incest and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

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

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Amazing book. Both terrifying and hot at the same time. 

Sylvester is absolutely the most creepy and sinister man I've ever read about, and you can feel that throughout the whole book even though you have no idea why he's giving off those vibes. And when you find out what's actually going on right under the noses of Sawyer and Enzo the entire book, it's absolutely devastating and horrifying. 

But man are the spicy scenes spicy. The way Sawyer and Enzo play off of fear and being scared is absolutely crazy. 

I loved how Enzo is just mean and broody and he doesn't change that's just the way he is, and that Sawyer is so strong and doesn't rely on anyone after what had happened to her in her past. But what I love most is their chemistry together the way that both of their pasts make them perfect together even if it takes a bit to get to the point where neither of them run away from each other.

You can tell how deeply Enzo cares for Sawyer despite what she did to him even when he hates the way he feels for her. 

The two stories you get in this book are just absolutely phenomenal. I poved reading about the mystery of what's actually going on with sinister Sylvester and the lighthouse and what happened to his family even though it terrified me at times and of course Sawyer and Enzo's story.

Overall an incredibly entertaining story. Would definitely recommend but definitely check the trigger warnings because they are no joke.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Several particular kinks: Autoassassinophilia, breath play, degradation, fear play, sadomasochism