Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton

247 reviews

hayley2u's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

1.0

Ummm that was a tough read. There are some mental images I will never forget no matter how hard I try. No one deserves what happened to Gary/ Jerry, I don't remember his name and I'm not going back to look.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

ookyleoo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

libbijade13's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kc_louisa's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Typically I'm a fantasy girlie but this book really shocked me on how good it was, it may be short but it packs a good punch

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infertility, Pedophilia, Medical content, Trafficking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Very dark

celeste77's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

This was an okay read. I do think it might have been better to read this before Hunting Adeline instead of after the duet. I did learn more about Sibby and her background, so that was good. This was a very quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

machteldv's review

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Rape

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