Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

578 reviews

alexislousilleholley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

sydisquidy's review against another edition

I loved the creative writing of this author. When the characters felt emotions the author showed the emotion instead of stating the emotion so you could really feel it too. The book is a dark mafia genre type of book and I don't like dark mafia books. I wanted to give it a shot but ultimately excellent writing but just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Violence

cwinbig's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

whatkatyread87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

This was good ish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

dejagray23's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping

lucyslife's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Absolutely loved this, and cannot wait to get to the rest of the series. Definitely not for anyone who doesn't enjoy darker themes in books, but perfect for those who do!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

lillikaaarina's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

marc_le's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

0.5

A 10 year old could have written better than this, was this a first draft???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Pedophilia

ibtireads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

brooksie03051's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Hooked by Emily McIntire

 
This is a standalone and the first in the Never After Series of a dark romance where the villain gets the girl. It is not a literal retelling but a dark, spicy contemporary romance (not a fantasy) reimagining of Peter Pan. 

Wendy meets James (Hook) at a popular bar he runs in town when she and her friends sneak in with a fake ID.  Before he knows she is the daughter of the man who ruined his life (Peter), she stands out like a bright star in the sky.  When he bumps into her and she doesn't fall at his feet like all other women do when they look upon his devastatingly handsome face, that makes her even more interesting.  He likes that he has to pursue her rather than throwing herself at him.  The fact that his arch enemies precious shadow willingly came into his domain was perfect and now he needs to work his charm to win her over so he can finally destroy him once and for all. The bar is where he and his partner filter money, but their real business is in selling drugs and protection to the surrounding businesses.  Peter is trying to take over the area and Hook will have none of that. He will ruin him and take the one thing Peter truly cares about—his beloved shadow, his daughter Wendy. 

This hit many of the character points with familiar references to them without it being a fantasy and had not only "Hook" as a villain but Peter as well.  Although James "Hook" is known to be a powerful and dangerous man, he falters a bit regarding Wendy.  She is nothing like any of the women he has ever known, and he gets under his skin. Again, this is a spicy tale, so don't let your kiddos read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Gun violence