Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1185 reviews

_adelete_'s review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

0.25

It's awful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Misogyny, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Torture

lbenina's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

It’s a very very very dark book. I skipped many of the chapters/paragraphs that had dark themes descriptions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

dmackreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

I’m not really sure what I expected out of this book but I definitely expected it to be more wrapped around the main characters and their “relationship” and I expected it to evolve more at some point. I had a hard time with the blatant non consent between the two also and many times I caught myself thinking the characters were just idiotic. There was way too much r@pe, assault, child sacrifice involved. I get that it’s the plot around which one of the main characters “works” but this book was just crazy. It did keep me intrigued and wanting to know what happens next. That’s about all it has going for it for me. I already have book 2 and still want to know what happens next so I plan to read it but I’m very conflicted on this rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Drug use

rantsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Just finished this on audio. It's a chaotic hot mess that's confusing, strange, disjointed and messily written, but somehow addicting enough to keep going. The cliffhanger at the end got me hooked, so here I am, diving into book two. Let's see if it gets better or if I'm just a sucker for punishment! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Murder

brittmorgan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

Read this book because a friend and tik tok. Had a hard time wanting to even pick up the book after starting it. Only stayed to find who killed grandma (Gigi). Also, really didn’t like the main characters but loved most of the side characters like Daya, Sibby, and Jay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

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slswarner's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Child abuse, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Rape, Blood, and Pedophilia

mollsx482's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, and Cursing

sammers9774's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

nsatterfield22's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

smyser627's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Love, love, love. Everyone tells me it's traumatizing, and it's not amazing but it's not even horrible! Although it is pretty dark so the trigger warnings would be good to read... I honestly love Zade and his dedication. Could he have approached the situation differently? Yes. But he did it so she wouldn't be petrified of him when she found out who he really was... it's cute I guess. He's cute. Too cute.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Trafficking, Gore, and Kidnapping