Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

165 reviews

elkfr's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

thebookish_adventures's review against another edition

Loved the idea behind the story, young girl travelling with a horror carnival so she can rid the world of evil 1 'demon' at a time in her little doll house of horrors... however, i didn't like the sexual gore, sex near mutilated bodies or sexual arousal while mutilating bodies.

I might come back and try to read it again... but for now I DNF.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

kimberlywyatt5's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Just wow. This book is nuts and I’m here for every bit of it. I have read Haunting Adeline already and I have partially read Hunting Adeline and so I was familiar with this character. However, to know all of her backstory really brings her into perspective as a whole. The ending is absolutely genius. I love how this author writes the book and the progression of events. This book does have very dark elements, so it’s not a good feeling book. If you have issues with content warnings, I’d not pick up this short read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Murder

adoptedbuttons's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

poor sibby. i read this after Haunting Adeline so i knew what it was about generally, and what was going to happen/the ending. def wasn't expecting most of the book. took me a second to acclimate then question why i wanted to continue to read it lol. 

what i want to know though is how she managed to use toys on herself and/or hallucinate the scene with ALL OF HER HENCHMEN at the same time?? like howd she managed two from the back, one from the front, while imagining someone going down on her, i need a labeled chart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse

inaneram's review

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

It wasn't a smooth reading experience. While it was disturbing, it felt predictable and played on making the characters nonsensical instead of actually creating an understanding of the character. There were some references to past trauma but it didn't sell the whole bit. I felt like it was more focused on having s** scenes than creating a story or a universe. It's recommended to read this before Cat and Mouse duology but I don't see why as the world-creating was kept to a minimum. I haven't read the duology yet so tbc if the characters are important in this prequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

eclipse_the_bookworm's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

bookishkitten3's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Murder

sheebsbooks's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

joclouise's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

After reading Hunting/Haunting Adeline, this was a good addition to that story and universe. Very gorey, very sad. It was interesting getting to see Sibby's POV.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

liaantje's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

I love that we finally get a bit more insight of sibel's backstory,

i loved how she and zade worked together to kill and tought adeline how to fight in the cat and mouse duet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment