Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

22 reviews

dyanimae's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Rape, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, Child abuse, and Incest

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Incest, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Police brutality

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

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

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

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

chelseareadsbooks_'s review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

Check content warnings before you read. I was repulsed by most of the smut. The story line wasn’t my favorite either. This is another book TikTok pushed that I’m disappointed in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Incest, and Child abuse

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Confinement, Death, Police brutality, Rape, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

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

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

madame_fool's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶  I have no idea if this is actually a five star read…but whatever it is I ate that shit UP. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Emotional abuse

parttimehippie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality