Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

5 reviews

bskalka's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was just ok. I liked the death that happened but not much else. The relationships were confusing. I didn't understand the ghosts at all. It was also hard to envision because the setting was described so poorly I genuinely didn't know where in the house they were at times. The ritual didn't seem well thought out either. But the number one problem I have with this book is it wasn't scary. The characters barely reacted to the spirits making them not scary at all and almost forgotten. When the spirits are the main point of your book, you can't make your characters act like they aren't there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

jjjreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The last 30 pages were interesting and unexpected. Everything else was convoluted and boring and hard to follow. Lots of words I had to look up, some Japanese and others just really obscure English words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The audiobook narrator ( Suehyla El-Attar) did a phenomenal job with the dark subject matter. The story gets very dark so if anything in the content warnings is close to something that will upset you proceed with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, and Alcohol

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

It’s hard to even review this book since it was so short and quick. A lot happened but it almost seemed like reading a book by skipping every few chapters. I wanted a lot more info and development but the overall story and premise was so interesting (which is why I wanted more!). This almost felt like a story out of “scary stories to read in the dark,” which, in my mind, is a great place for a horror book/story to try and land.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol