Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Das Zeichen der Athene by Rick Riordan

11 reviews

marloesisalive's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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? No

4.0

It was a great read—really exciting and thrilling. The suspense was excellent, and even though I'm not a fan of the 'fatal flaw' trope, it was well executed in this book. The story had twists that made it even more engaging; they were logical twists, not ones that came out of nowhere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Torture

berkeley_alise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lunadanger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

Very dramatic

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

elysianemily's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

pip10's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Fatphobia, Racism, Torture, and Medical content

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

This is very dark and omg rick riordan is an alien how did he come up with this. Its incredible. Waw. The ending aaaa. This dude is so talented.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Sexism