Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

435 reviews

hayleyjayne87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

This book had me hooked from the beginning. I kind of predicted what was going to happen, or who some people turned out to be, but I was still surprised by the turn of events and how things played out. 

Book was pretty spicy, I would rate it 🌶🌶🌶. Although could have done without the use of the word c**t used as a descriptive word more than once.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

electricnath's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

i kinda thought it would be terrible, but it’s surprisingly entertaining and well written, like…? i was duped in a good way 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

gwen_l98's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

kimsayssmile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

This is typically not my type of book… I am not a dark romance girly. However, it was an option for a book challenge I am working on, and I am a sucker for Hook thanks to Once Upon a Time, so I had to give it a try.

I am so glad I did! This book is hot 🥵🥵🥵. I listened to the audiobook and was hooked right away 😋. There were a few minutes that made me wrinkle my nose, but the spice and eventual happy ending made up for those moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Murder

alexislousilleholley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

sydisquidy's review against another edition

I loved the creative writing of this author. When the characters felt emotions the author showed the emotion instead of stating the emotion so you could really feel it too. The book is a dark mafia genre type of book and I don't like dark mafia books. I wanted to give it a shot but ultimately excellent writing but just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Violence

librayrian's review against another edition

2.0

what the hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Torture

marc_le's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

0.5

A 10 year old could have written better than this, was this a first draft???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Pedophilia

shiynma's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

If you're looking fo some spicy content, it's in there. But the rest of the novel felt a little lackluster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Torture

tumbleson92's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder