Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

1036 reviews

krmeehan's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ceh391's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

Loved this book! One of my top favorites! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

mailenlovesreading's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

4.25

I surprisingly enjoyed this book and I am not sorry about it. 

What was most ironic though was that Zade’s life purpose was to eradicate human trafficking and the skin trade and killing pedophiles yet he stalked and forced himself on a woman. Like?? 

The whole “saving the women and children” part honestly just felt like something to give Zade a redeeming quality while he did a lot of morally fucked up shit. However that dark aspect of the book did touch on important topics to do with corruption in power and the skin trade. Along with this, it was good to have multiple plot points at the same time that weren’t just their relationship such as Gigi’s diaries and the mystery of her death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

werewolfapologist's review against another edition

dnf'd at 41%

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Slavery, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

endlessallison's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No

0.25

Booktok really did me wrong on this recommendation. I love an enemies to lovers trope as much as the next person but this was just predatory twisted and disgusting. I honestly wish I never heard of this book and I am disgusted that people find this worth recommending. I don’t even know why I finished the thing, I think I was just amazed at how truly disgusting it was. Don’t read this, it’s a romanticized view of literal r*pe and SA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

This book is truly depraved. I cannot stress enough that if you have experienced any of the above content warnings then you shouldn’t even watch reviews of it. It not only contains horrible explicit content but it glorifies and romanticizes it. I wish I could say anything good about this book but I can’t. It’s horrible.

sarawichterich's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

i still don’t understand why someone who has worked his whole life to catch r**ists and pdf files likes… r**ing his love interest???????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

this book is quite literally known for it’s trigger warnings so there’s no way for you to NOT know what you’re getting into when you crack this one open… definitely precede with caution.

kc_louisa's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I honestly loved this book and I'm picking up the next one right now 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

seraphiina's review against another edition

dark 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

0.25

What in the Wattpad was this novel and how did this ever get published?
I have never seen a more poorly thought out novel in my entire life. I am sure most children could pull through with a story that is more logically and narratively coherent, that also wouldn't make me want to vomit after every page.
I wish it was just a matter of me finding the book vile that made me dislike it so much, but it's just.. so bad. I don't know how you managed to make a story about a woman solving her great-grandmother's murder, and a stalker/murderer/rapist working to stop human trafficking, boring, but it is apparently possible. I have no idea how I got through 583 pages of rape, stalking and downright cringy dialogue. I feel like I deserve a medal after pulling through this one, but honestly, I don't deserve it after considering the book in the first place.
Please, to all potential readers, I can only try to convey my message that you do not want to waste time on this one. Read literally anything else. I wish that device from Men in Black was real so I could delete this book from my memory, but alas..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, and Murder

celeezamae's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Stalking

readingbetweenthespines21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

In a definite fan of this author. I find her fmc’s to be mostly relatable, and while i don’t always agree with the mmc’s I find their pov’s to be hot.

What you have to know about this book is that the mmc is a villain, cut and dry, no if ands or buts about it. He is unapologetically a stalker, rapist and killer. Granted the people he kills are bad, but he’s only slightly better in that he doesn’t hurt children.

There was a mystery to be solved in this book and I figured it out right away, but was still very intrigued.

I had finished the prequel (satan’s affair) the day before this and I immediately started the sequel (hunting Adeline) so as you might guess I loved it, but there are very dark scenes that can be mentally taxing, and the second book only gets darker so read with caution for your mental health 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Child abuse