Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Girl A, by Abigail Dean

26 reviews

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Child death, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Torture, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, and Pregnancy

infinite_rest's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Torture

carobllt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Child abuse

the_escapist's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug use, Physical abuse, Vomit, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

annabulkowski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Child death, Excrement, Injury/injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, and Sexual violence

paigeandpagesx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Child death, and Physical abuse

notlilyburke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

taylor95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Mental illness, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Torture, Violence, and Gaslighting

talimirek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

The story is told from the perspective of Girl A - the eldest daughter who escaped the House of Horrors and freed her siblings. The New York lawyer (Girl A) has been made executor of her Mother’s will and must visit her siblings and return to her childhood to move forward with her life. I don’t want to give too much away as I believe it is more satisfying to just read and discover for yourself. Through the constant flashbacks which can at first be confusing, the childhood abuse and the aftermath of the psychological trauma are very carefully represented. It is an incredibly intense and disturbing book which I finished in just two sessions as I couldn’t peel myself away. There is well crafted and deeply layered characterisation which shows how complex each character is and the unusual sibling dynamics are made clearer as more secrets are revealed. The author intended this book to be more about hope rather than ‘did they get out or not?’ which it has an excellent representation of even more so after the last chapter which admittedly crushed my soul. I recommend checking the TW’s if you feel the content could be triggering. A very dark, twisted and emotional book that is not for the lighthearted readers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Rape, Child death, Violence, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Death of parent

stephybara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Torture and Child death