Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

7 reviews

ferdie's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Unwind was a slow read but I don't think it's meant to be. I just didn't get interested in it like I thought I would. The characters don't really suprise you except for one minor character, and everyone else seems to fit in a specific box. I liked it, but just barely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture and Sexual harassment

besotted's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Torture, and Confinement

k_galloway's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Grief, Gore, Torture, Abandonment, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Physical abuse

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Ableism, Blood, Murder, Medical content, Abortion, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Gore, Sexual assault, and Grief

touchegiantsquid's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

The book tries to "both sides" the debate between pro and anti choice laws for the sake of thrills. I would not say it handled that well.

It's hard to take this dystopia seriously since it seems to lack any theory of how politics works. It's just "what if a bunch of terrible things happened? Wouldn't that be terrible?" It doesn't seem to have anything to say about the debate, it just wants to use it to give the appearance of synthesis at the conclusion.

The craft of the conclusion was good, which is why I didn't rate the book lower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicide

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Slavery, Violence, Torture, and Stalking

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

skl_hcn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence and Child death

Minor: Gun violence