Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

124 reviews

lbwach12's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Murder, and War

bootsmom3's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

emilyosterloh's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

I want to say that this was another book I thoroughly enjoyed reading this year. I loved both perspectives, especially Eve’s, learning how she became a spy and how it destroyed her. I loved the dynamic between her and Charlie and Finn, and how their journey helped Eve to confront her trauma. We hate René, he was the worst, but the fact that we hate him shows that the author did well writing him. I also found it interesting how much in the book was true to what happened in real life during both World Wars, including the real-life Alice Network and its fate. I couldn’t put this book down and I enjoyed every page. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Abortion, and War

bertrandlm's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Rape, Torture, and War

forthe_girlwhowaited's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and War

kailiyahknight's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

maryhannawilson's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed this historical fiction, even though historical fiction isn't my preferred genre. I knew nothing about the female spies involved in WW1 so it was a fascinating period to experience through this story.

The moving back and forth between 1947 and 1915 was done well and fairly seamless. It was easy enough to keep track and I loved the way to timelines connected in the end. While Eve was a difficult character for me to connect with in 1947, her story in 1915 explained a lot of her history and helped me connect with her character overall. I really liked the ending - I like a happy ending for everyone and it felt that was to me.

The only difficult parts for me were the moments of torture that were described, an important part of the story but tough to read. I skimmed as necessary to make it through. The spicy content was minimal and not descriptive, which is my preference in a book. Yes, we know the adult scenes are happening but every moment is not described in detail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

aqtbenz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Murder, and Pregnancy

epruta's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

turtlekat23's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

This book was much better than I expected. It was interesting reading it so closely to The Nightingale. Same timeframe and similar subject matter. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It was a little darker in some ways. I didn’t cry with this one but it was still deeply moving. All in, I think these books will hang with me for quite a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War