Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

37 reviews

manaledi's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this. It took me a few days to get through because it's been a busy stretch, but it was always something to look forward to. The elements themselves are fairly standard romantasy but well executed and the story and characters developed well across the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death

octaviamcaloon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I was trally enjoying this book for the first half or so, but felt like the way the ending was written and paced brought down my opinion of the book as a whole.  Great spice ( 4🌶) and lootttssss of sexual tension.  It was a fun read, but I'm not sure if the plot could have stood well on its own if it weren't a spicy romantasy.  I'd still recommend it, especially if you like possessive MMCs and subtle Dom vibes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual assault

j_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

edilyaaang's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It was enjoyable enought. Though there were times were I got super frustrated on what was happening, especially how the two MLs can never cooperate enought to focus on the game at hand. It made me want to throttle them both from time to time. But other than that, I enjoyed it. Enought to make me curious about the author's other works

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

doahdancer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

slight419's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, and Violence

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

The book is... fine, I guess. The plot of riddles in a high-stakes game is intriquing, especially when it involves reluctant allies each withholding their own secrets but still slowly warming up to each other. However, the plot gets put on the back burner very often in favor for emphasizing the main characters constantly lusting over each other.

This makes the smut feel so mundane it becomes a boring diversion from the actual plot and meaningful interactions between the main characters. If the smut was rarer in the book, it would feel more meaningful and make the story more balanced.

For added shock-value, there is meaningless violence, torture, and other possibly triggering events to cause diversion for the MCs from the main game in the plot. This dampened my enjoyment of the book.

If you are looking for a book with a nice premise for plot, interesting characters, but main focus on smut, you'll find a great match here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism

haley_mil_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent

msorendreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

It was fine. I don’t know what else to say, honestly. I enjoyed it enough to finish it but I don’t know if I’d recommend it to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

roziereads's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment