Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1370 reviews

tina_lou_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense

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

3.0

This book was dark and at times difficult to read. That being said I kept going as the story kept me engaged. This is NOT a romance novel!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

bethanyjgilmore's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

bookishvampiratelycan's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Stalking

morganemily'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

jw69171's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Car accident

newdream's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

1.0

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS.
I hate this from the bottom of my heart. If you genuinely like this book the way the author wanted us to like the book, then I cannot have respect for you. Calling this romance is WRONG on SO many levels. Our girl Adeline is one of the dumbest and the most unrealistic female characters I've seen in a long time. What woman that is in the right state of mind would fall in love with a stalker who terrorised her for months and r*ped her multiple times? How can our stalker boy Zade save hundreds of innocent girls from being hurt in ANY way, and then at the end of the day hurt another innocent girl whom he knows nothing about??? I mean WHO does he thinks he is to just see a random girl on the street and just claim her like she is some kind of object? Kill men who TOUCH HER. Because who is he to control her life so much? Who dies he thinks he is to not let her have any saying in who she is going to be with. He killed a man because she took him home. Oh I'm sorry Zade, are you jealous that Archie didn't have to force himself onto her like you did, instead she actually wanted to sleep with him? I can’t with this book. It's so so so bad. I liked the beginning because it was so spooky, but then they started calling stalking and traumatising a girl romance. No thank you. 
Eidt: Oh yeah, the one star is for the pretty cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Sexual harassment

bookishkitten3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

The story is good but this really is a situation of rape. Both characters blatantly call it being forced and talk about no consent multiple times. Anyone trying to call this CNC really doesn't understand it.
There is mention that he wouldn't have done it if "her body wasn't singing for him" or whatever but I'm sorry some bodily reactions and functions happen despite the situation or trauma and that is just damaging. I really enjoyed the writing and story other than that and will probably finish the duet to see the ending. I will say I know he's morally grey and a freaking stalker so I wasn't really expecting him to act any differently than he does, it's the people glorifying his behavior I think that gets under my skin. If this had been actual CNC with verbal consent then it would have been a lot better for me lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

coccobacille's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It's twisted. Redest flag of them all. Don't read this if yandere ML is not your vibe. At first I thought there was a lot of dubious consent, but actually there is no consent at all. This is straight up rape. The ML is a hottie narcissist. I thought we were getting somewhere, but at the end, when jay said that he likes his women willing, Zade just laughed at him and told him that when a women say no, her body is actually saying yes. So, yeah. You have to be very grounded and mature enough to read this book.

As pleasure and pain are two sides of the same coin, fear and arousal are also two sides of the same coin. I really liked how the author worked around that concept. The cat and mouse game was good. The characters swear a lot and it annoyed me.

They were also a couple of cringey scenes. The forced proximity arc was my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Pedophilia

laura_is_fae's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

was just a pinky toe over the line for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

bookishcloe's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder