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Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

22 reviews

poupi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

H.D. Carlton knows how to write a powerful and brave FMC with horrific history. Her MMC are also fascinating…
This book, the story of Sawyer and Enzo’s story is definitely one of my favorites of this year.
It is spicy (really really really), dark and also very tense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape and Child abuse

chainsiren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, Body shaming, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

lolalastname's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

0.25

Not just bad, but also boring

Full review later

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Body horror, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Confinement, Cursing, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, and Kidnapping

tbuckner32's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I read the cat and mouse duet a few months ago and had to read this one too. However, After reading some of the other reviews it seems I’m part of a small group who actually liked this book.
 
‼️‼️<spoiler >Sawyers past which is made apparent right off (most of it anyway😏) makes it pretty easy to see why she was so willing to give it up behind a waterfall with a guy she just met at a bar 10% of the way in.

Spoiler

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The phrases “Bella” & “Bella ladre” were used so much, however it being Enzo’s pet name for her it makes sense. I enjoyed how the story unfolded and you could feel the shift when they really began to care for each other. That boat scene will probably live in my head rent free for a while because sharks and I do not mix. So I just couldn’t imagine! The entire lighthouse escapade had my mind racing, though parts of it were kinda obvious but there was at least 2 points I was quite literally saying what the fuck?! There were a lot of 🌶️🌶️ scenes in this one as well, some of them left me reeling and speechless. Some of the ending I felt like it was rushed, and kinda wanted to see an alternate ending especially when getting off the island. All in all though I would recommend this to friends with similar reading interests. I did enjoy the book and will continue to read others by her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

lavandulavera's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

1.75

Honestly I feel like H.D Carlton claims “dark romance” when she’s really just trying to pack as much trauma into a book as possible. There is relatively no plot and at the end of the book you question why you read it to begin with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Kidnapping, Incest, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

staceyb'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Confinement, Pedophilia, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

bonjour11111's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Police brutality, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

raychelleliz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

lovepotion's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

2.5

𓆝𓆞𓆟𓆜
I kept going back and forth about I felt about this one. This is my first novel I’ve read by this author, so I wasn’t sure what I was expecting. I really enjoyed the setting. Survival, stranded, lost, etc storyline is one I always thoroughly enjoy. The plot really hooked me in and I wish at times there was less smut and more plot. (Don’t get me wrong. I love my smut.) However, I needed less of them getting nasty in a dirty room and a little more storyline. 

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

I wasn’t really a big fan of either fan of Sawyer and Enzo. (Besides their obvious problematic behavior and personality traits) 

Sawyer had some “I’m not like other girls” moments that was pretty obnoxious.

Spoiler

In the beginning, we already know she is in hiding, and try to conceal her identity. So why does get a tattoo? Something that would make her easily recognizable and identifiable. I get it, it was one of her “I’m so quirky” moments. But hey, maybe be smart when you are on the run and in hiding. 

Also, when she gets rescued, and she poses as Trinity, no wonder why she is speaking with American accent? When she pretending to be an Australian woman. Oh and she just “happens” to have to her note from Sawyer that was supposed written years ago. I think one of stupidest moves she makes is changing her name back to Sawyer. Like I get she changed her last name to Enzo’s and she wanted to have her own name back. But you don’t think anyone would still be looking for her? Easily one of Kevin’s friends could still be, and they could just assume that she just got married by the last name change. It just seemed to risky. 

There was one scene, I was rolling my eyes at. They decided to hide in the cave for the night, during a storm, in shorts. They were trying to hide from Sylvester, but if he doesn’t get them, hypothermia will. 

I felt like myself asking over and over again how realistic some of these characters choices were. 

Enzo was bit of hothead. For someone who is so erratic at times, I expected his backstory to be a little more dramatic than just his mom leaving him. But then again, perhaps the author didn’t want Enzo’s backstory to be as traumatic so it would take away from limelight of Sawyer’s.

Spoiler

Also, for someone who is tall, big bulk of a man. It took way to long for him to take down the old man. 

Their relationship was so hot and cold. I don’t mind a hate and love relationship. But it was a little off putting when they (especially Enzo) would just flip flop feelings as quickly in a couple paragraphs.

Spoiler

Like in one moment Enzo is one his knees begging for for forgiveness and the next he is angry at her, telling Sawyer he wont forgive her. The same thing happens with Sawyer, we are one this never ending loop of begging for forgiveness and the anger of the betrayal. 

I will say, I did at least enjoy the banter between the two. They did have some fun and interesting conversations. And some playful moments. 

The smut- oh boy. Some of it was alright. Some of the scenes, were not for me. The way the author would describe the actions, was a little bizarre. Like a few times, Enzo would grab her by the teeth? That just seemed so odd and very unnatural. There was a few moments that Enzo would say he could he smelled her coochie- and I’m not talking like him being in between her legs- I’m talking like he was stand beside her, talking to her. 

The writing in general lacked depth for me. I would have like it to be a little more descriptive. There was a lot of short paragraphs. A lot of back and forth dialogue. For a dark, mysterious, setting - the narration was lacking. 

I like the overall idea, but I really wish it better executed. I enjoyed the mystery and the suspense. It was just an okay read. I don’t know if I would recommend it. 

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 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨
✓Dual Pov 
✓ Forced Proximity 
✓ There is only one bed 
✓love-hate

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide, Torture, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts