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A review by kyrstin_p1989
Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
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.
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