Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes

7 reviews

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Alice in Wonderland reimagination. I like how Oakes utilizes elements of the theme into the story. Cards being sectors and specific roles within the kingdom. I found the reimagination of the Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat to be well-done. It is interesting how she converges some elements that Alice experienced with that of the Princess of Hearts. I can definitely see many of Lewis Caroll's Wonderland in here.

Are Wardley or Vittiore to be trusted? What actually happened to the Queen of Hearts? Did she actually die, or was she murdered? Kidnapped?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism

fishfruit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault and War

ellie_gonzalez's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, and Torture

aceofsphades_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

why does the brother die!!!  text

I almost cried 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kris_t97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-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

2.5

I liked the different take on the traditional version of Alice in Wonderland. However, I really struggled to care about what happened to any of the characters and the pacing was off with random time skips.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement and Infidelity

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Self harm