Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

416 reviews

sioxricky's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Torture

potatereader's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Cursing, and Pedophilia

madelynbea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

People may call me crazy for saying that I liked this book, but genuinely I did. Though the book is  traumatic and had EXTREMELY triggering events I couldn’t put it down. Some of the parts were really hard to read but I needed to find out if Addie was okay and if Zade would find her. I think that what makes this book so good is the constant tension of “what is going to happen next.” Constantly wondering what will happen. You grow very closely to Addie in the beginning of the book and really see her growth. She becomes a survivor. She is a survivor. She’s constantly fighting. And you want to fight for her too. Though the traumatic events she endures have negatively changed her life she learns how to push through life because she is a fighter. Also you get to see the a side of her develop that is very similar to Zade, as well as watch their relationship grow too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

annettegalbraith's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, Murder, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Stalking

ysacstl's review against another edition

Some things are better left unwritten. This book is one of those things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Cursing, Violence, Car accident, Sexual content, Torture, Trafficking, Body horror, Death, Bullying, Confinement, and Sexual violence

rebeccaxpaige's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Slavery, Addiction, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Blood, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

jaicey_king's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, and Stalking

misswirum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

If you have ANY triggers you need to read the TW, because I am BAFFLED reading some of the reviews of this book. Some don't understand that TW have to be read if you have any. This book was said to be DARK from the beginning, and somehow people don't get it and dnf and give a bad review. DON'T PICK UP A PITCH BLACK DARK ROMANCE WITH HEAVY TRIGGER WARNINGS IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT. It's okay to dnf a book. It's also okay to dnf a book and give it a bad review. But to give a bad review because it was "too dark" is wild. Just dnf and move on with your life.

And the kink shaming in many of the reviews is disgusting. People like different thing. There is nothing wrong about what Adeline liked.

Anyways.

If you're going to write about the Illuminati Lite you should probably team up with Dan Brown. This book was a liiiittle too far out there for me, and I'm not taking about the first part of the book. I am talking about "The Society". 
The Mindf*ck-series does revenge-scenes much better than Hunting Adeline, but it was still satisfying-ish. 

Is this a must read? No. I am glad I read them? Sure. But it's a book-series that is extremely over-hyped.

3,5/5⭐️
3/5📝
4/5🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, Self harm, Trafficking, and Violence

liad24'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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Car accident, Gore, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing and Confinement

babybatash's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Mental illness, Trafficking, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship