Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Sangue inquieto by Robert Galbraith

32 reviews

phoebelilly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

luli_maria's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse and Death of parent

ered10's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

Great addition to the series. Continuing to watch the main characters develop in the midst of an unsolved murder. And much more.

major twist in solving multiple past murders.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

hajari's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Child abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Murder

missgrangerr's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

These books get better and better! You can’t deny that JK Rowling knows how to plot out a mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Murder

clairevn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Murder

stirlitza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

camilla_perotti's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective 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: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Violence, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

mariew11's review against another edition

Too many graphic or unpleasant details.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Violence

lukerik's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

The thing about this novel is how real it feels. Some of this is because it is. If you don’t live nearby it’s worth hopping on google street view and following Margot’s last journey as Robin and Strike retrace it. But it’s not just real details like that. It’s the build up of incidental detail not relevant to the plot, the believable psychology of the characters and the flawless dialogue. There were a couple of points where it felt so real it actually destroyed my suspension of disbelief. Take the scene where our heroes interview Irene and Janice. We’ve all met Irene. That’s exactly how she talks. And it’s at times like that that we see the ranged joining and parting lines of our lives. The easy downward gradient leads to the twinge of guilt, the trial, life imprisonment. The harder track is not to murder her, not to squeeze the life from her reddening neck for just one minute of silence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Abortion