Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi

12 reviews

bryonymorgan's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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’m not a fast reader but this took me 4 months to finish. Was so close to dnf-ing but persevered and the ending was the most interesting part. I feel like that is the issue I have with many mysteries and feel like the shorter the better because the endings are the fun part, especially when the characters don’t stand out like in this.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

delormev's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Super interesting format but I found ending a bit disappointing.

I suppose the book never really focuses on the clues or on having a foolproof way for the reader to be able to figure out who the killer(s) is (are), but Julia's trick of changing all of the endings almost undid all the fun, in the end. It's almost like none of it really matters, a new ending could be written just like that. But for me, being able to solve the crime is an important part of a murder mystery, and I feel like the ending took that away from me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Torture

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Ending bumps it to a three because I didn't guess everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

karabara's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

I really enjoyed the meta aspect of this book, the twists and clever teasing, and I was delighted by the final chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

luveloise3's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Child death and Vomit

sarahna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

kateea7536's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Amazing and incredibly intricate story. It keeps twisting and turning and with other stories woven in it is a fantastic and engaging read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

emmasanderson's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

The concept is very interesting and the link to mathematics is unusual.  For me the ending seemed rushed and a little unsatisfactory but I read it quickly and enjoyed it.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Torture

lucy_warren's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Homophobia

rachelcaro's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Suicide