Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi

120 reviews

trayslays's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-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

2.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, War, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity

sarawagistrom's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Murder and Blood

overthinkereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Classism, and Child death

escapismforlife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

Where do I even begin with this one? 

For starters I'm really scared to pick up the second book in this triology. Especially  with the last quarter of this book. Though  a lot happened I was not surprised about. 

Of cours the world was beautiful. And the descriptions had its  moments  to. 

 I want to talk about the main characters Zélie and Amari. Because there was both shock and awe of the growth and confidence.  They both aren't perfect  by any means. Each make huge mistakes. But are  just teenagers that have to face  these major obstacles. In very different life  circumstances.  And both do it in a way that is graceful  but rightfully  pissed off. 

The world they live in has made them afraid and tough. But also vulnerable because  of fear. Yet by the end I think are prepared  for  whatever  happens  next in the world of Orïsha. Which is sure to be chaos after  the ending in this first book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Torture, Death, Confinement, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, and Genocide

puggreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Child death, Death, Torture, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Injury/injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

My first dip back into YA fantasy since I was young and I could not have chosen a better book! While the pacing can be slow at times, the ending of this story and the various plot twists that I did NOT see coming kept me enveloped in Adeyemi’s world of Orïsha. Overall a great read and I can’t wait to keep going with this series. (PS you don’t want to miss the author’s note at the end!)

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Genocide, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Torture, and War

francisca_pitterle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Hate crime, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood

penguinpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Idk this was a wild ride. From slow to fast and from engaging to boring. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder

danaxbee's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed reading this book, but I wanted a bit more from the characters and the plot. The audiobook was beautiful but I did have trouble distinguishing between some of the characters while listening because to my ear, the distinction was minimal. Despite that, the narrator was exceptional. Some plot points really were cringey but overall, I enjoyed the world the author created.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and Child death

megs_baer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Classism, Police brutality, Genocide, and Racism