Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Supernova by Marissa Meyer

32 reviews

sandwiiche's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.0

the ending. i am so sad we never got to see an evie and nova reunion. also i didn't like how there wasn't much resolution with the squad and especially adrian and nova. however, i absolutely admire the grace and incredible forgiveness that adrian demonstrates to nova. that won me over. i still am not super invested into their romance, but they are pretty cool characters. i thought it could use more work fleshing out the good vs evil conflict and the issue of moral ambiguity. i also didn't fully understand the whole supernova star thing - i felt that could've been talked about more. the deaths saddened me tho, but mostly callum 🥹 he was the most wholesome renegade ever

overall, this was an exciting conclusion to the renegades trilogy! not perfect, but still good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

anielabooks'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I enjoyed this series as a whole, but this book took me an extremely long time to finish. Thankfully, I was able to borrow the audiobook from Libby and read half of it like that. There were so many revelations that left me with my jaw on the floor. I wish I hadn’t gotten the epilogue spoiled by the wiki but I still liked it. I think the main reason I got into a reading slump was because of how long the book was rather than the content. My favorite scene was the Puppeteer’s speech. Absolutely heartbreaking and shocking. Never expected to read that type of scene in a Marissa Meyer book. Outstanding execution (no pun intended).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Grief

karissahodge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

THAT FREAKING ENDING!!!!! I can’t believe she left us with that plot twist right in the epilogue!

It’s been a while since I read Renegades and Archenemies, but it was easy to fall back into the superheroes world. I’ve always been a fan of those stories, and Marissa Meyer wrote this one brilliantly. The story kept surprising me.

It’s not perfect, and it relies a little too much on romance as “stronger than anything else”, but it was very entertaining. I’m glad I finally finished this trilogy. Kinda wish there was a spin-off following that epilogue though 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

k_galloway's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Classism

hillarym's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

caitlin033's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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: Gun violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death

lecta's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

this was slow in the beginning but that ending and epilouge!! omg it was amazing. also of course there were flaws but over all it was really enjoyable

erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.5

I enjoyed this one a lot, it was a little slow in the beginning/middle but it definitely picked up in the second half of the book (and that ending battle was *chefs kiss*. I wish we’d get more information about that epilogue because wow that was an interesting way to end a book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Blood