Reviews tagging 'Torture'

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

255 reviews

readinabyss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

apple_atcha_reading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

7chiara7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

linguisticali's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

I think this was more than the sum of its parts for me, because I kept noticing things I found annoying but I honestly really liked it and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. It was very brutal and there was a lot of misogyny (especially in the form of rape threats) that I would have preferred less of. The frequent use of overhearing to move the plot forward or convey information was grating - girl, you're supposed to be a spy! Why are you and everyone else having important conversations loudly and near open windows?

I also felt like the augurs were more important than they should have been. It reframed a lot of what happened in a way that made it feel inevitable (and therefore taking agency and meaning away from the characters).

  I'm looking forward to seeing how the magic in the world develops in the next book as it didn't get much focus in this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Rape

jaqueline's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Sexual harassment

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pen_to_paper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

danaslitlist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

bwgwave's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Torture, and Abortion

busyreading_579's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

I really liked this book. It was an overall good experience. One of the best things about this is that it hits the ground running and just sets the pace really well. Never, imo, does it get too fast or too slow. 
The characters are great. 
The only place where I would complain is the romance which at times felt strange, uncomfortable or even unnecessary. But since the romance wasn’t the most important thing it didn’t really impact my overall view or experience. I also really wish we got deeper world building. What we got was great but I kinda wanted to know more and I home that happens in later books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War