Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

15 reviews

riaxen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Rape, Classism, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Torture, Animal death, and Drug abuse

sammymilfort's review

dark emotional relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Child death

mvanhaas's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

lrn22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Be aware that this book has pretty much all the trigger warnings. It is a really hard read but also beautiful and haunting and will linger in my head for a long time to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Addiction, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

isabellecollum's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Body horror, Torture, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pedophilia

carolinacortez's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

okay, no me mal entiendan creo que este libro es increible, si tienes entre 16-19 años, por eso le di la cantidad de estrellas que le di. Alex es una fuerza del universo ideal para personas de esa edad, muestra lo que es una sororidad, lo que es estar de verdad para tus amigas, lo que es SER UNA AMIGA, es un libro muy oscuro y fuerte en cuanto a acoso y abuso sexual, empieza con un asesinato y a partir de ahí la violencia no disminuye, pero creo que la autora lo hiso de muy buena manera, nunca llegue a odiar o no estar de acuerdo con las acciones que tomaba Alex, de hecho creo que es una heroina, creo que lo que menos me gustó fue la relación romántica entre Alex y Jack, yo me hubiera enfocado aún más en a relación entre Claire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Torture

streebela's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

glowworms's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

a similar book that is also super good is "what girls are made of" it has similar themes of sexuality, teenage girlhood, complex characters, and violence and it also contains a dog shelter subplot specifically. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident

joakley101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I love this book. If you disagree we can fight in a Denny’s parking lot.

“Sometimes I forget for one second and it hurts. It’s a different kind of pain than the constant, the weight that hangs from my heart. It swings from twine embedded so deeply that my aorta has grown around it. Blood pulses past rope in the chambers of my heart, dragging away tiny fibers until my whole body is suffused and pain is all I am and ever can be.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Moderate: Torture and Rape