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A review by aksmith92
Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Did not finish book. Stopped at 34%.
I understand that I will never be a "dark romance girly," but here are the reasons that I think NO ONE should read this book:
(1) romanticization of abuse and rape
(2) overuse of smut to appeal to the BookTok and social media world, trying to make folks forget that this is a story riddled with ABUSE
(3) ABUSE!!!!
I don't care if the author included trigger warnings in the beginning - this book makes rape a fetish and it's so, so gross. I couldn't do it, I won't finish it, and I hope that people seriously see how problematic this book is, regardless of how you feel about dark romance.
Also the plot and writing are also not even that good. I can't believe I was tricked into even thinking about reading this from social media. I was unprepared.
(1) romanticization of abuse and rape
(2) overuse of smut to appeal to the BookTok and social media world, trying to make folks forget that this is a story riddled with ABUSE
(3) ABUSE!!!!
I don't care if the author included trigger warnings in the beginning - this book makes rape a fetish and it's so, so gross. I couldn't do it, I won't finish it, and I hope that people seriously see how problematic this book is, regardless of how you feel about dark romance.
Also the plot and writing are also not even that good. I can't believe I was tricked into even thinking about reading this from social media. I was unprepared.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Body horror, Gore, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Cursing
There are multiple and graphic scenes of rape that are later depicted as "romance."