Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1227 reviews

mahie_09goel's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

UMM, I have mixed feelings about the book. First thing first, it is a highlyyyyyy unrelatable book from a love story perspective. I definitely didn't like the whole stalker plot; I was rather invested in Gigi's story. Apart from that, the book felt very much like the twisted series or the typical smut-driven books. Again, it's just my opinion. The more i am reading such books, the more I am reminded of the fact that I just don't like it anymore. Zade is a very, very, very stereotyped bad guy kind of a person and is also extremely pretentious. Even though he "saves" women and children, his entire personality seems shitty to me. He is literally so cocky. The whole time he just tried to force himself on a girl and justify it by saying, "I know she wants me; just doesn't speak it out." I just couldn't absorb the idea that he thought his ways could make someone fall in love FFS. His CONSTANT urge to get physical with her keeps getting irritating. PLUS the whole swearing throughout. Adeline too seemed...idk, but I liked her better than Zade but still, I just cant understand what's wrong with the characters. Overall, whatever the author wanted to do here, I am not sure if the task was accomplished. Now I am really not sure if I should start the second part even though the first one ends on a cliffhanger. Based on the brief synopsis, I might just give it a quick read. Basically skimming through all the unnecessary smut and Zade's cockiness.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Murder

sari_kov's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

bmw2024'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

krmeehan's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

werewolfapologist's review against another edition

dnf'd at 41%

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Slavery, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

endlessallison's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No

0.25

Booktok really did me wrong on this recommendation. I love an enemies to lovers trope as much as the next person but this was just predatory twisted and disgusting. I honestly wish I never heard of this book and I am disgusted that people find this worth recommending. I don’t even know why I finished the thing, I think I was just amazed at how truly disgusting it was. Don’t read this, it’s a romanticized view of literal r*pe and SA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

This book is truly depraved. I cannot stress enough that if you have experienced any of the above content warnings then you shouldn’t even watch reviews of it. It not only contains horrible explicit content but it glorifies and romanticizes it. I wish I could say anything good about this book but I can’t. It’s horrible.

sarawichterich's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

i still don’t understand why someone who has worked his whole life to catch r**ists and pdf files likes… r**ing his love interest???????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

this book is quite literally known for it’s trigger warnings so there’s no way for you to NOT know what you’re getting into when you crack this one open… definitely precede with caution.

ibtireads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking

noctifer's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kc_louisa's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I honestly loved this book and I'm picking up the next one right now 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail