Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

86 reviews

theequeendee's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

I love this book. I love how Wendy and James balance each other with James helping Wendy become her own person and Wendy helping James be more in tune with his humanity. I would look up triggers before reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

mpass61's review

dark medium-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? No

1.0

Boooooo tomato tomato tomato I'm throwing tomatoes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Death of parent, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

meganlaza's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, and Violence

carlyt67's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Spice level ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Incest, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Death of parent

kshertz's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

This one was rough! I love hook, I love the smut. But it was pretty dark and violent, with kink and a lot of painful stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Bullying, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Torture, and Violence

angelofthetardis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

I read this series of books last year (and reviews were posted at the time), but recently found the first four were available as audiobooks as part of my Audible subscription. However, they're being removed in a couple of weeks, so I want to try and get them listened to before then! 

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.

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Content Warnings

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

mackenziem2007's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book is amazing for anyone who is newly getting into "smut" books 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Abandonment

filipa_maia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

So, this was my first dark romance / smut read, and although this is not my preferred genre, I did appreciate this book.

The characters are complex, with a background that really explains where they are now, they have good arcs, and overall this book has a decent plot. I predicted part of the final plot, but not all, so I still got surprised.

Mostly, I liked the fact that Wendy wasn't completely removed from managing her own life - okay, maybe after what happened she didn't have much of a choice, but still.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

Minor: Infidelity and Vomit

angellike333's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy, Stalking, Gun violence, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

dexlud's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I’m still unsure on my feelings towards this book. I definitely resonated with the daddy issues, but I also didn’t enjoy a lot of this book. The first half was pretty mid but the second half was alright. I enjoyed the drama ig? 

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Content Warnings

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