Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani

10 reviews

shedevls's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

the writing, the story, the way said story was presented to you, the formatting, the everything!!!! easily one of the best things i've read in a long time. seriously, i could gush about it for the rest of forever 🥹🥰 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia and Car accident

connie29's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child death and Car accident

ilaxaria's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content

silverheartbookclub's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

megwilli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Torture and Violence

kproctor2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Car accident

ohlisaline's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

You have to be in a pretty stable state of mind to approach this book, I think. It's very dark and leaves you with a pit in your stomach. You can guess the story from chapter two onwards, but it's still not pleasant reading it. Bit of self-torture to continue. But I guess that's what speaks for this story. You do want to continue, even though you know it's not pleasant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Self harm and Torture

lizardgod's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

2.75

I feel like I wrote a short story almost identical to this book when I was 13, everything I wrote had to be meaningful, and the darkest place I knew was an institution after binging 20 other Creepypastas that also took place in said institution.  This book is by far not the worst thing I've read but it's definitely not up there in memorable ranks either. The author jostles you around in the book which is meant to give off the same confusion the protagonist is going through, but it instead makes the ending and events that happen clear from the first few pages. The characters are unlikeable and edgy, the writing is bland, and the book takes itself so seriously it's laughable. My final irk is the 'interludes' between events; they weren't needed and felt like the page long inclusions of author notes I see in fanfictions where they warn you it's about to get even worse when in fact it just gets worse in regards to writing and plot creation. It's a book that's about 150 pages and if you have the urge to read a short book that's reminiscent of your emo teen years, it's pretty good just don't expect much. 
TW that's not on the list includes graphic depictions of

insects(maggots), eating insects

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Car accident

narsere's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Torture

sylvestra's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Medical content