Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Think of England by KJ Charles

8 reviews

thenexthing's review

fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, and War

jess_justmaybeperfect's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Fatphobia

the_vegan_bookworm's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

0.75

This book was a miss for me. While I find KJ Charles to be a really talented writer, the dynamic between Archie and Daniel was dysfunctional at best and toxic at worst. Even though Archie chooses Daniel at the end, it feels reluctant given his hostility throughout the early book. Even more than hostility, his overt homophobia, racism and anti-Semitism make him pretty irredeemable to me. Learning the errors of his ways does not absolve him of being a straight up jerk to his love interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual harassment

Minor: Xenophobia

pvbobrien's review

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Outing, Colonisation, War, and Classism

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Colonisation, and War

littlewishling's review

emotional mysterious medium-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

Loved this! Fantastic and fun characters with a compelling mystery at its centre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

mossybeds's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Gorgeous story of emotional intimacy and romance tied up in a gripping-even-by-KJC-standards mystery plot. I wish I'd been adequately warned for

the murder-suicide at the resolution before I read

, but I can see that it's in the crowdsourced tags here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

pastel_clouds's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Antisemitism

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Suicide