Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Lake by Natasha Preston

8 reviews

julells's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I really loved the idea of the book and it was definitely okayish written. However the entire plot turned out to be rather irrational and the ending was just really disappointing to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

vj_thompson's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

If you can get through the terrible dialogue and the child-like behavior, I think it’s worth finding out how the books ends. The. Ending. Is. Crazy!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Kidnapping and Car accident

arthomas's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

tlikestoread's review

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This dark, twisty thriller full of suspense, drama, secrets, revenge, and a little romance has everything that makes a ya mystery/thriller great. The suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end. I wouldn’t say that this is particularly scary, but I would definitely say that this is for an older audience, like 16+. No spoilers, but it does end on a HUGE cliffhanger, and the author has no plans of a sequel which ahh I need to know what happens. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

morganperks's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

emileereadsbooks's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Thank you PRH Audio for the complimentary audiobook.

Wowza. This book is really bad. Like why didn't I DNF it bad. Esme is working as a junior camp counselor at the camp where she did something bad as a kid (this is revealed as you progress through the book). Someone is terrorizing the camp and making threats. So of course they don't call the police because this unknown horror person tells them not to... ummm y'all are taking care of 7-8 year olds and you aren't willing to protect them? Plus Esme keeps saying she wants to keep a secret but she is the worst detective and secret keeper... She is horrible about learning who to trust. Do better Esme.

Characters are murdered at the end and it's just seems like it was the easiest way to finish the book except the book doesn't really finish because the murder gets away and it ends on a cliff hanger.

Would not recommend. Do not waste your precious reading time. I really should stop trying to read YA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

mikaelaandherbooks's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

A little bit of a slow moving reveal but the ending was such a surprise!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury