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juliesleseecke's review against another edition
Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Bullying, Mental illness, Death, Rape, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Body shaming
angelofthetardis's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
The audio version definitely adds a level to the story in bringing it to life, especially where you have a male narrator reading James' chapters and a female narrator reading Wendy's chapters. However, I still cannot understand why you would hire two narrators for that purpose, and then not have them speak the appropriate lines in the other person's chapter (I.e. have the male read James' speech within Wendy's chapters and vice versa). They don't do badly at putting on the opposite voices, but it just grates on my nerves!
I was less convinced by the voices/accents employed for the secondary characters - the male narrator had an especially tough job given that he's a Brit and most of the secondary characters Americans. I couldn't tell you whether the accent was right for the setting (Brit here), but it was quite harsh and didn't necessarily suit the narrators' natural tone of voice. But equally they managed to bring each character to life throughout with different voices for each and, for the most part, they didn't wander too much.
There were a couple of places where I felt the narrators could have 'acted' a bit more to get the point across, but generally it was a very enjoyable listen.
Graphic: Cursing, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Gun violence, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity, Bullying, Vomit, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Rape
nursestern's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
laurencomer927's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual content, and Physical abuse
rainbowsandbookshelves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
Graphic: Violence and Sexual content
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse
karigarcia88's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Rape and Pedophilia
aelitareads's review against another edition
- 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
Hooked has a medium pace with a fast build in the second half. There's spicy scenes scattered all throughout but a good chunk of the first half is setting up the major plot points and background for the story. It took me about 4 days to finish but had I not been interrupted by life I'm sure I could have got through it in 2. I loved reading through and seeing all the subtle (and not so subtle) nods to the original Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.
Notable Tropes are mafia, found family, Touch her and die, and morally grey... everyone?
Content Warnings that stood out to me - Kidnapping, Choking, Torture, Murder, Childhood SA, Abuse.
The SA isn't graphically detailed but it is very much there. All the rest? Definitely graphic.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Torture, and Child abuse
Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
dexlud's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Torture
doey_zoe's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
Minor: Abandonment and Sexual assault
mard3ytv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Not a book I would have picked out on my own. Could’ve had more romance. Spice was alright, which is why I rated it what it was.
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Grief, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Incest, Vomit, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Sexual violence