Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

51 reviews

waverlyloyd's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Blood

moonybombadil's review

adventurous dark funny 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

4.75

if you want to read something kinda similar to the lord of the rings, but way more brutal, containing way too many affronts but also actually significant (and really cool) female characters, try this series. it's insanely scandalous. you'll love it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, and War

sailorpulsar's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Death of parent, Rape, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, War, Ableism, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Infertility

idlereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Incest, and Torture

sidtheincrediblesloth's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Vomit

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Always a favorite, do yourself a favor and read this if you're a fan of fantasy and/or political intrigues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, War, Violence, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia, Incest, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

rach_stacy's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

bookishgoob's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

i love game of thrones. this book is so good and imaginative. there are problematic things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Slavery, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Torture

evnhttn's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Torture, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death

lilifane's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

Reread No 4, 13.03.2023

My last review didn't age well, lol. Still no Winds of Winter. 
But I still love this book. Read it with a few friends (we're attempting to read the whole series so far this year) and we had in depth discussions about every chapter we read. This is now my favorite way to experience the story. 
Additionally, I still love the writing style, the short chapters, the characters, the story and the plotting. And I'm not tired of the story yet. Was still excited to be reading it and to be back in this world and spend time with my fav characters. Even though I know and remember all the twists, I still flew through the book, and it was actually hard to pause reading before our weekly book club meeting. And I still, still found new and surprising details in this book. 

Reread No 3, 06.05.2018

Ich liebe das Buch einfach und daran wird sich wohl nie etwas ändern. Ich brauchte diesmal aber ein bisschen länger. Und wieso beende ich es eigentlich so gut wie immer im Mai? 

Ich wünschte, ich hätte beim ersten Lesen eine Review geschrieben. Wüsste ganz gerne, was ich damals gedacht habe. Jetzt kann ich nur schreiben, dass ich mal wieder Neues entdeckt habe und mich noch mehr über Entscheidungen der Charaktere geändert habe. Hätte X das jetzt nur nich gemacht, dann wäre alles anders gekommen. Warum musste Y das jetzt sagen?!?! Nein, Z, tue das nicht! So muss sich Kassandra im Trojanischen Krieg gefühlt haben. 

Ich bin jedenfalls gerade vor allem auf eine Sache gespannt: Werde ich es zuerst schaffen, die restlichen 4 Bände zu rereaden oder wird Winds of Winter vorher erscheinen?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Child death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage