Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

65 reviews

krumanda's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement

lillygabriella's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This was very good and I am looking forward to reading the sequel in the future. Love the dragons. Lots of court intrigue in the background and I suspect we will discover in the next book that a certain person is a spy. A torn between two loves book. Not spicy, very PG in that area. I'd be comfortable letting my younger teenager read it. Has fantasy violence and descriptions of injuries and bloodshed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

maraavillaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

natashalg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional relaxing slow-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? No

4.0

It feels as though everything happens in the last half of the book, but otherwise I really enjoyed the story and characters. The ending is satisfying, but leaves room for the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Physical abuse and War

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Torture

spec_tacles's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

silverhill's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, and Violence

kaneebli's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

this book made me so angry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Rape and Torture

llouise16's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Blood

sarahb919's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It’s in first person POV. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual content

cookiemonstaly's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a whole ass saga. I love how vivid the writing is. If you’re familiar with historical C-dramas, the writing feels so similar to it that you can picture the entire book in your head playing out as a drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

Minor: Death of parent