Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Kriegsklingen by Joe Abercrombie

124 reviews

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

tilla's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

For a long time this was a bit of a tough read for me - I didn’t connect with any of the characters and they were mostly somewhat… unlikable? Interesting but not really someone you wanna root for. What often draws me in are the relations between characters and for most of the book the deeper relationships were hard to find, but still it was a very interesting story and interesting characters and towards the end when everyone sorta were drawn together it all finally connected for me, and now I think I have to finish the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Blood

melissalivanos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

Amazingly complex world and characters. Definitely the start of a series with lots of information and setting the scene but I’m really excited to dive more into this world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

deyanira's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Classism

Moderate: Sexism and Xenophobia

Minor: Torture

chrisb913's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

I could not put the book down. I loved the characters (everyone except Jezal) with Logen being my favorite pov and Glokta being a very close second. I wish there had been a few more female characters introduced and portrayed, as well as more of the pov of Ferro (but the feminine rage in her chapters was fantastic and I cannot wait for more). Honestly my only complaint was the enormous amount of misogyny prevelant in the book along with the unnecessary fatphobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Slavery, and War

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Cannibalism

hannahdamigo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, and War

zoeoz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: War and Classism

Minor: Sexism, Slavery, and Cannibalism

wyabook234's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, and War

drokka's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture