Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Shallow River by H.D. Carlton

70 reviews

lindsayreadsandcoffeebeans's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death, and Rape

dscholl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Sexual assault, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

tempeste_rose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This is a tough read but I found parts of it endearing. Definitely not for everyone, and check triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Domestic abuse

pretendkenz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Incest

tarynsbooks's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, Classism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Stalking, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Torture

scuttleisthebest's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This was my first book by this author, and I loved it. I couldn't put it down, I was so invested.

I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE KILLED THEM, GOT HER REVEGE AND I LOVED MAKO EVEN MORE FOR HELPING HER GET AWAY WITH IT.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Death, Rape, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

sjon's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

This book was soooo fucking hard to get into bc I just wanted to strangle river every single scene for letting Ryan do what he was doing. By 60% things picked up quick, it was predictable but the story was good. There’s nothing I hate more than a useless damsel in distress heroine and river was definitely not that. I liked that mako was gentle but also threw her around the way she wanted to be thrown around. For a dark romance, there was really only two explicit spicy scenes (plus a random girl on girl one which seemed so unnecessary?) so that was low key disappointing. A tough read and definitely sensitive topics and it was definitely unbelievable that she bounced back as if she hadn’t been abused and graped her literally entire life so the ending felt a tad rushed but the epilogue cleared up all the loose ends and all in all I liked it quite a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Rape

minimikk4's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Classism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Rape, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Gore, Child abuse, Body shaming, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Addiction, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Trafficking, Self harm, and Infidelity

raereadssmut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

“Was it deranged and out of pocket? Maybe…. But was it real as fuck? ABSOLUTELY” 

Literally HD Carlton has a way with writing about TOUGH TO STOMACH subjects. The things she writes about are so real and I think that’s why a lot of people can’t stomach it. This shit was absolutely hard to read but real as fuck nonetheless. 

At times I couldn’t get passed how submissive River was being with Ryan. You were dealt the shit stick since birth but are blind to your boyfriend doing the same thing to you??? But I had to remind myself….. if you put a frog in boiling water it’ll immediately jump out, if you put it in room temp water and slowly let the water boil it’ll end up dying in the boiling water. Same goes for DV. 

READ YOUR TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!! No one else is responsible for what YOU get triggered by! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Toxic relationship

redallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

It Ends With Us wishes it was this book. 
Genuinely this book portrayed domestic violence in such a real8stic way it made me want to chuck my kindle against a wall. Read this book with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse