Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

48 reviews

naechan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.5

The first part was promising. Good girl with daddy issues runs in to a bad boy with a traumatic past. For once I thought we were going to get a female lead who is a good person at her core but who isn’t a complete idiot. For example,

she's rightfully suspicious when he randomly shows up at her workplace after they met only once without her giving him the address.

She seemed to have some common sense and self preservation at first until she goes on an actual date with him, after which it’s like she got a lobotomy and her whole personality got wiped out. The second half is just Stockholm syndrome galore. I didn’t buy their “love” at all, I felt like there was no emotional connection between the two main characters, at best they are just horny for each other. He treats her like shit the whole time and she just decides she’s okay with it because of her daddy issues I guess. I also didn’t care about the whole mystery/plot surrounding the drug cartel. 
There was an annoying amount of  misogyny and women hating, not just from the male characters, but the narrative itself. Wendy is this virginal, innocent and pure creature who is secretly yearning to be fucked hard and that makes her special. Meanwhile all other women in this book are superficial, evil and vapid. They just jealous of her and they don’t act like people at all, but like caricatures of themselves.
It’s not the worst thing I have read, but it feels like wasted potential. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

audreytwo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book had me thinking I should call my therapist. There's gotta be something wrong with me for enjoying it. 
That said, I loved it. I read it over and over. It's pretty dark at some points, so be warned, but the writing is good and i enjoyed the villain not turning into a hero for once.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Confinement, Misogyny, Bullying, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

crownoftamriel's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Gore, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Drug use

britbrit29's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Blood, Gore, Murder, Drug use, Grief, Torture, Death of parent, Death, Incest, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

mushroomfrog's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder

katattack345's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia and Death of parent

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Predictable af and I knew every plot point as soon as the character involved in said plot point was introduced but damn it I devoured this and had a good ass time. Onto the next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Grief, and Violence

allthechaptersandverses's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

I so badly wanted to like this book. I had great expectations. Sadly I thought that Hook was very creepy and never had the character arc he needed. I never felt like I got a good reason to root for him.  Wendy made so many bad decisions that seemed so stupid that it made it hard for me to like her. The writing style wasn’t my favorite. While the idea was so creative I felt it failed to follow through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Child abuse, Stalking, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

shinyfox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Rape, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Pregnancy, and Car accident