Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Mordew by Alex Pheby

3 reviews

margog2310's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tophokles's review against another edition

Damn, this was horribly paced. Like, the beginning is pretty intriguing, but nothing happens for about 150 pages or so. And by now I don't think this world or this writing is gonna captivate me. The protagonist is just an empty vessel that plot happens to.
There are mysteries coming up constantly but nothing is ever solved and what is happening is just either boring or needlessly gruesome.
I've gone ahead and spoiled myself as best as I could, but it doesn't seem like it's gonna get more interesting anytime soon (or at least paced better)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

freyagee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Infidelity, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment