Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

124 reviews

brianna0205's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Lovedddd this book. Read it faster than any book I’ve ever read. It kept me “hooked” the entire time. There were no slow parts what so ever in this book! 

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Content Warnings

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

karalara's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Addiction, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

morgansnape's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Drug use, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Child death

the_restricted_section's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

So dark and spicy! The writing is extremely well done. Character development fantastic! I couldn't stop reading, I had to know how it was going to play out. The ending is perfect. Also, mmy husband will definitely benefit from me reading this series. Hahaha.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Incest

tropelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Gore, Car accident, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Child death, Violence, Torture, Pedophilia, Bullying, Death, and Confinement

c_c_celeste's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Murder, Gore, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Death

maryanne_dawson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, and Toxic relationship

kamkam360's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Body horror, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

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