Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee

7 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.75

The ending felt so rushed. It really could have used room to breathe and let us feel the full weight of the final action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Rape, War, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Chronic illness, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness

feijoamuffin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This rating might change at some point. This book was difficult to read. You know when you’re reading a book and think ‘these topics are hitting too close to home for me in a bad way right now and I should probably stop reading this’ but read it anyway because the storyline has you hooked? Yeah that was me 😅 Hopefully it was worth it but seriously guys it’s well worth checking all of the content warnings for this instead of diving in head first.

On a much lighter note; Noam and Dara are precious and must be protected at all costs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, and Child abuse

iridaceae's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Medical trauma, and Self harm

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Colonisation, Homophobia, Vomit, and Torture

shadow_wolf's review

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Torture

cindythenerd's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Gun violence, Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Cursing, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Murder, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, and Death of parent

ofbooksandechos's review

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

This book wasn’t a bad book, however it felt like the author lost sight of the themes of The Fever King sacrificing the world and the “bigger picture” to shift the reader’s attention on characters. It wasn’t bad, I just wish the plot was flashed out more.

I also wasn’t sold on the romance between Dara and Noah, it felt unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

xoodlebooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Genocide, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Racism, and Police brutality

Minor: Torture, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Confinement, and Kidnapping