Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke

35 reviews

spacepandita2022's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

aquamarinecadet's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A terrifically gruesome children's book. I would not recommend gifting this book to children who still believe in Santa, fairies or the sort, it would quite literally break their dreams into brittle little pieces and pound them into bloody ashes :) 
Which makes this book a great read for 10+ year olds who know a bit about WWII, and who used to like fairytales (or maybe still do)
I for one, liked this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, and War

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

deathmetalpainter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

One of my favorite movies. This is a great adaptation which retains the fairy tale format. I enjoyed the in between tales that further develop the story beyond what the film could do. Of course, wonderful illustrations. This story is very visually driven.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

naiu_cs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

While I really enjoyed this book, because it was indeed a very exciting anf yet easy read, I do not think that it is actually suited for the targeted age group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Alcohol

ts_anne13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

winterteufel's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and War

jacquelynjoan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Very nice novelization of the movie. It's YA, definitely not for little kids. Like in the movie the humans are scarier than the fictional monsters. But there are also humans with beautiful, resilient, rebellious souls. A very real fantasy horror.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Rape

milda_mark's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture

mari_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

God-tier

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: War

Minor: Child abuse and Medical content