Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Faithless by C.L. Clark

9 reviews

brukneem's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.5

All of the characters are so true to their roles and yet grow beyond who they were and into who they could be. An excellent plot with twists, turns, murder, and consequences. A fantastic sequel to book 1 and the stage is set for book 3.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Child death, Racial slurs, Murder, Xenophobia, and Torture

risaleel's review

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Murder, War, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Torture, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

theirgracegrace's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This second instalment of the Magic of the Lost has magic, romance, and intrigue galore. Luca is desperately trying to get one step ahead of her xenophobic uncle Nicolas, who threatens to dismantle all of her work with the Qazāli and take the throne from her. Touraine is now an ambassador to the Balladairan court and has to once again navigate a world where the colour of her skin makes her a target. And Pruett desperately tries to form solidarity between her ragtag soldiers and somehow overcome the Balladairan forces in Masridān across the river from Qazāl. An incredibly powerful and heart-wrenching sequel that deals with themes like colonization and identity with flair. Beyond excited for the third instalment!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, War, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Vomit, Addiction, and Excrement

Minor: Ableism and Cultural appropriation

cardanrry's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Racism, Gun violence, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: War and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood and Death of parent

tahsintries's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Confinement and Torture

Minor: Ableism and Fire/Fire injury

rosieryel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

a really successful second-in-a-trilogy book! the shift in location helped expand on things from the first one and introduced new elements. i like that the romance was both an excruciating slowburn (but one that made sense rather than being frustrating) and also happened in this book so they’ll be navigating it in the third. i actually thought this was a duology so i kept thinking it didn’t go far enough with the fingers plotline or the masridan plotline but those are now great hooks for the thud book. i do wish

Spoiler

gil got more of an arc before his death bc i found his character potentially rly interesting

again one of my fave depictions of imperialism/colonialism in a fantasy series it’s really well thought through and much more radical than a lot of series - excited to see how that intersects with the anti-royalist movement in the next book especially since the protagonist(s, sort of) are the royals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Torture

anxiousnachos's review

adventurous dark

5.0

I bow down to C.L Clark for breaking my reading slump and causing me to read 350 pages in one day. 

This had all of the in-depth political machinations, interrogation of colonisation and brilliant character relationships that made me adore the first book in this series. Dark, brutal, angry - this book is one of rage against the colonial powers who will do everything to keep control. It is about discovering that freedom doesn’t mean a lack of duty. 

Content warnings: graphic depictions of colonisation, imperialism, racism, graphic depictions of injuries, torture, blood, sexual content, gun violence, violence, kidnapping, panic attacks/ptsd, child death, vomit, cannibalism, war 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Torture, Violence, War, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Vomit, and Sexual content

lbelow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Colonisation, Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Gore, and Death

Minor: Vomit and Torture

alexalily's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: Child death, War, Cannibalism, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Confinement, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Racism, Torture, Grief, Animal death, Slavery, and Cursing