Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Pod by Laline Paull

7 reviews

julesreadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I found it a little slow and complicated to get into initially but then once the pace picked up it was exciting and devastating and I didn’t want to put it down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Death of parent, Excrement, Murder, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

hedwig2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Slavery, Animal death, Torture, Sexual violence, and Rape

kwahl's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, War, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Rape, Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Vomit, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

readersreadingnook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Animal death, Violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

katewhite77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A strange book which would not be everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

amy_park's review

dark medium-paced

3.0

Picked this book up as it was longlisted for the women's prize 2023. The blurb didn't intrigue me but wanted to give it a go as the perspective is from a dolphin, not your typical read! I wasn't prepared for how dark and horrific this book was, from the start it covered topics that I wasnt  prepared for, and I felt the reason why these topics were sprung upon the reader was to make an impactful shock. In some areas i got lost, especially at the start as I didn't realise there was multiple species and dolphin perspectives to follow, but also I felt slightly lost throughout. Personally I feel the wrasse sections were not needed. I thought it was overall OK, however I will remember the story for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

madcat29's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, and Death