Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

88 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly, if it weren’t for such an intriguing plot, this book would’ve likely been a DNF or at the very least a 2 star or less. The writing is so bad. The punctuation is messy. The dialogue is stilted. I had to stop and reread countless times because the way the sentence was structured made it difficult to comprehend or just sounded so odd it was off-putting. This is significantly spicy but it was really difficult to overcome the bad writing to get to the heart of the story. Seeing as this is a duology and it ends on a cliffhanger, I feel compelled to read the second book, but I am not looking forward to submitting myself to that kind of torture for 500+ more pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Kidnapping, Classism, Confinement, and Rape

romanceaddict77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

So dark and terrible, but the first Dark book I ever read so the 4 is for it being impactful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Trafficking, Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

mimo_'s review against another edition

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

ok so like what the fuck is this (again)
i dont care about either one of them and the "cliffhanger" at the end means nothing to me 
i read this purely for science to see what the booktok girlies see in him and quite frankly i dont see much please seek help if this is ur man
despite all of the questionable things in this entire book its somehow not the worst thing ive read (iykyk) but it still. wasnt very good. 

there is so much non-con in here like zade get it together this man has so many kinks that are doing a bit too much. after all this forcing himself on adeline because physically she wants it but mentally shes like get the fuck away from me hes somehow supposed to be redeemed bc hes a vigilante killing human traffickers

also why was there a random murder mystery in here it wasnt even that thrilling like she did the same thing jfkdndnksv adeline is stupid

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Blood, Child death, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Cursing, Hate crime, Alcohol, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Rape

sabrinadawn08's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

emily_lane's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Confinement

Moderate: Car accident

amsterdamrose's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, and Physical abuse

nicollette_13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Rape, Sexual harassment, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Gaslighting, and Gore

kayleejanes's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Stalking, Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Violence, Trafficking, and Torture

er_inreads's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I’m so concerned for my mental health because I really liked the idea of my own personal stalker that would fall instantly in love with me and convince me to fall in love with him. 

It would be my luck that I’d get the murdery type though. Disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Confinement, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Blood, Misogyny, and Mental illness

tabbycat10414's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Torture