hannas_heas47's review against another edition
3.0
Wow, what a train wreck. I found this to be one of those books you can't put down because its so horrifying you have to see what happens next. The cannaballistic nature of this girl was truly horrifying and never really explained. She was sexually abused but I have never heard of this extreme behavior as a result. The excerpt at the end gave way to what the second book will explain, which to me should have been the first book.
hannas_heas47's review against another edition
4.0
Definitely not for the faint at heart, I had to put it down for a bit before I could pick it up again. I understand that Hillary underwent abuse from her father for two years but as she starts killing that truly goes out the window for me. You can't help but feel for the people that she is brutally torturing, and the cause of it all gets the quicker death. The author only reveals that Hillary went through horrible sexual acts for her father but doesn't delve into exactly how bad they were so its hard to garnish this sort of contempt for the people she is killing. Mainly what she does to Calleigh, really made me angry because just as Hillary was helpless about her situation so was Calleigh. Hillary projected her hate onto Calliegh only because her sister did not have to suffer the abuse. Which made me think Hillary was just plain out of her mind and broken so badly by the abuse that her mind broke. The ironic thing was the mother lived and I truly think if she had been a stronger person, none of this would have happened. Her mother could have listened to her, which might have been the point that truly broke Hillary. Really good work from the author and deeply disturbing graphic ideas.
sjj169's review against another edition
3.0
Well..it's not often that I admit that a book kicked my ass. This one not only kicked my ass. It picked me up and body slammed me.
I don't think my measly little mind will ever be the same.
At about 67% percent..I almost gave up. But what did I do? I kept reading the dang thing.
Cuz..well
This book is NOT for everyone! Don't say you weren't warned.
Angel..you just slayed the evil queen.
3.5 stars
I don't think my measly little mind will ever be the same.
At about 67% percent..I almost gave up. But what did I do? I kept reading the dang thing.
Cuz..well
This book is NOT for everyone! Don't say you weren't warned.
Angel..you just slayed the evil queen.
3.5 stars
missamanogawa's review against another edition
3.0
Das Buch hat die Eigenschaft EXTREM schon verdient. Aber das bezieht sich eher auf das letzte Drittel. Alles andere plätschert eher so vor sich hin.
Hillary hat keine Erinnerung. An ihren Namen, ihr Alter, wieso sie gefesselt in einem Krankenhausbett liegt, wer diese Ärzte sind.
Sie weiß nur, dass sie fliehen will und dass sie nachts schreckliche Albträume von Folter und Monstern quälen.
Zugegeben, Hillary war zu Beginn ein recht interessanter Charakter. Sagt sie vielleicht die Wahrheit? Oder werden wir als Leser ebenfalls belogen?
Leider hat sich das mit ihrer nervtötenden Art sehr schnell geändert. Sie kreischt, schreit, blafft, giftet was das Zeug hält, um im nächsten Moment wieder einen auf liebes Mädchen zu machen.
Auch Monica, ihr Mann Patrick und der Psychologe Jake waren unnütze Spielbälle in dieser Geschichte, die auch ohne Eifersuchtsdramen prima auskäme.
Erwachsene, die sich wie Kinder benehmen und ein Kind, das viel erwachsener ist, als man denken mag.
Dazu ein Hin und Her an Drama und Drohungen, Geschimpfe, Verwünschungen, eigenartigen Dialogen, Gesichtsakrobatik seitens Hillary.
Zusätzlich hat jeder Charakter irgendwie gewaltige Aggressionsprobleme.
Natürlich endet es nach bekannter Festa-Manier in einem Feuerwerk aus Blut, Fäkalien und Innereien, das mir zu gewollt erschien. Gesagtes kann ungesagt bleiben, das macht Hillary nicht wirklich brutaler oder ausgeklügelter, sondern eher noch anstrengender, sodass man sie am liebsten mit einer Kettensäge in zwei Hälften teilen und im nächstgelegenen Tümpel versenken möchte.
Ob ich die Geschichte weiterverfolgen möchte, weiß ich noch nicht. Die Fixierung von Hillary auf Penisse mag ja durch den erlebten Missbrauch sinnvoll erscheinen, aber das war mir zu schwach und ich glaube, das wird mit dem Lieutenant so weitergehen...
Hillary hat keine Erinnerung. An ihren Namen, ihr Alter, wieso sie gefesselt in einem Krankenhausbett liegt, wer diese Ärzte sind.
Sie weiß nur, dass sie fliehen will und dass sie nachts schreckliche Albträume von Folter und Monstern quälen.
Zugegeben, Hillary war zu Beginn ein recht interessanter Charakter. Sagt sie vielleicht die Wahrheit? Oder werden wir als Leser ebenfalls belogen?
Leider hat sich das mit ihrer nervtötenden Art sehr schnell geändert. Sie kreischt, schreit, blafft, giftet was das Zeug hält, um im nächsten Moment wieder einen auf liebes Mädchen zu machen.
Auch Monica, ihr Mann Patrick und der Psychologe Jake waren unnütze Spielbälle in dieser Geschichte, die auch ohne Eifersuchtsdramen prima auskäme.
Erwachsene, die sich wie Kinder benehmen und ein Kind, das viel erwachsener ist, als man denken mag.
Dazu ein Hin und Her an Drama und Drohungen, Geschimpfe, Verwünschungen, eigenartigen Dialogen, Gesichtsakrobatik seitens Hillary.
Zusätzlich hat jeder Charakter irgendwie gewaltige Aggressionsprobleme.
Natürlich endet es nach bekannter Festa-Manier in einem Feuerwerk aus Blut, Fäkalien und Innereien, das mir zu gewollt erschien. Gesagtes kann ungesagt bleiben, das macht Hillary nicht wirklich brutaler oder ausgeklügelter, sondern eher noch anstrengender, sodass man sie am liebsten mit einer Kettensäge in zwei Hälften teilen und im nächstgelegenen Tümpel versenken möchte.
Ob ich die Geschichte weiterverfolgen möchte, weiß ich noch nicht. Die Fixierung von Hillary auf Penisse mag ja durch den erlebten Missbrauch sinnvoll erscheinen, aber das war mir zu schwach und ich glaube, das wird mit dem Lieutenant so weitergehen...
stefanie_duncan's review against another edition
5.0
This is my first book by Angel Gelique and I am blown away! It’s fantastic! Holy Cow - what a ride! Not sure what this says about me but this book was brutal and I loved it!
I don’t want to say to much about the story itself.. Readers should go in blind. I always find this to be the best experience .. all I can say is: do you think a psychopath can be cured? Dr. Morrison and Dr. Bentley do think they can. They think they can cure Hillary. A 15 year old psychopath.
This books needs like a million trigger warnings. And if you got a heart condition, then this book is also not for you. This story is full of brutality, cannibalism, r8pe, torture, and other fun stuff for the extreme horror fan. Enter at your own risk.
I don’t want to say to much about the story itself.. Readers should go in blind. I always find this to be the best experience .. all I can say is: do you think a psychopath can be cured? Dr. Morrison and Dr. Bentley do think they can. They think they can cure Hillary. A 15 year old psychopath.
This books needs like a million trigger warnings. And if you got a heart condition, then this book is also not for you. This story is full of brutality, cannibalism, r8pe, torture, and other fun stuff for the extreme horror fan. Enter at your own risk.
jessicka's review against another edition
3.0
Excessive. This is the word that I would use to describe this book. Spoilers are in here too.
Before I go further into my review I want to mention that I am a massive fan of gore, spatter punk and horror. I love disturbing books but this one had a scene that was totally excessive.
The story of Hillary interested me from the first book. I was looking forward to reading this and seeing what kind of sick shit Hillary got up to. This book didn't disappoint.
I'm not going to give you a run down of the story as that is done above, but it was good to see why Hillary became the way she is. However, one thing that irritated the shit out of me was the un believability of her mother. It is totally not convincing that her mother accepted Hillarys strange behaviour - despite her mother being an abused woman. I didn't think this was believable at all and it made the story a little weak.
As mentioned above, I'm a huge gore fan and I love disturbing books and movies. However the scene where Hillary cuts off her brothers penis - and when she rapes a baby with a knife, were just over the top and totally unnecessary. Had these things have happened to an adult character (the cutting of the penis did happen to Hillary's father), I probably wouldn't have cared. But to do this to babies - even though it's fiction, is (in my opinion), grasping at straws in order to merely shock or repulse the reader. It wasn't shocking to me but repulsive in that I thought it was a cheap trick. I just found it wasn't needed to make the reader feel that Hillary was totally unhinged - we already knew that.
Overall those two scene above ruined the book for me - that and the fact her mother wasn't a believable character. I personally liked the rest of the book, the gore was good, Hillary was insane and it was enjoyable. If those two scenes had been different then I probably would have liked it more.
Before I go further into my review I want to mention that I am a massive fan of gore, spatter punk and horror. I love disturbing books but this one had a scene that was totally excessive.
The story of Hillary interested me from the first book. I was looking forward to reading this and seeing what kind of sick shit Hillary got up to. This book didn't disappoint.
I'm not going to give you a run down of the story as that is done above, but it was good to see why Hillary became the way she is. However, one thing that irritated the shit out of me was the un believability of her mother. It is totally not convincing that her mother accepted Hillarys strange behaviour - despite her mother being an abused woman. I didn't think this was believable at all and it made the story a little weak.
As mentioned above, I'm a huge gore fan and I love disturbing books and movies. However the scene where Hillary cuts off her brothers penis - and when she rapes a baby with a knife, were just over the top and totally unnecessary. Had these things have happened to an adult character (the cutting of the penis did happen to Hillary's father), I probably wouldn't have cared. But to do this to babies - even though it's fiction, is (in my opinion), grasping at straws in order to merely shock or repulse the reader. It wasn't shocking to me but repulsive in that I thought it was a cheap trick. I just found it wasn't needed to make the reader feel that Hillary was totally unhinged - we already knew that.
Overall those two scene above ruined the book for me - that and the fact her mother wasn't a believable character. I personally liked the rest of the book, the gore was good, Hillary was insane and it was enjoyable. If those two scenes had been different then I probably would have liked it more.
lifeinthebooklane's review against another edition
4.0
Wow, what a dark and twisty read. It is incredibly gruesome, violent and depraved towards the end. I'm not normally a horror fan but this really drew me in. I really didn't expect the twists and turns of the book.
loublou's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
3.75
loublou's review
dark
emotional
sad
fast-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
3.25
5hadow_girl's review against another edition
4.0
I think this was the best book in the #HillaryTrilogy!
Full review to come.
Full review to come.