Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Jenom nestvůra by Vanessa Len

38 reviews

thereadingnurse2021's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Pretty typical YA fantasy that chronicles our heroine’s journey of abruptly being thrust into a world she never knew existed, and coming into a power she never dreamed she had. The main twist, though, is there is no clear good and evil in this book – everything is very morally gray. Monsters are living among humans and steal time from their lifespans in order to fuel their ability to time travel, but they mostly live and look like humans do. The hero is set to stop monsters, but rather than vanquishing grotesque creatures, he seemingly slaughters innocents and families. It brings up an interesting perspective that there may not be any heroes in conflict - only monsters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

sirensaria's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, and War

mrsmcc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Death and Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cursing, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

ruebranch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

elliev_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

I loved it so much it just hit me so hard. Perfect for October too. I loved that aspects and people just kept coming back into the story line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Blood

ctara2123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was fucking /great/!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

ren_the_hobbit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved it! This book is amazing! The way that it questions who is a hero and who is a monster and what we will do for those we love, so good!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Torture

rae42's review against another edition

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

2.75

Just not my thing, I like the concept though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Torture, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Outing

zoeelora's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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 loved the concept and the premise of the book. The entire lore and development of monsters was very well done and I found it incredibly interesting. 

I enjoyed the majority of the plot with the exception of the ending. While I understand why it had to end the way it did, the whole ending just felt off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

The book does start with the death of everyone Joan cares about, and leaving her injured. We also find out that Nick does have a tragic origin story involving the death of his parents and the corresponding torture he endured. Finally, on their mission the group does encounter the location where a friend of theirs had been held after essentially being kidnapped.