Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Darkness At The Door by Intisar Khanani

6 reviews

farfetched's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Rae is the best. I love her so much, as I  loved her two books. The way she dealt with the Circle was genius and perfect, and just everything came together so well. Her romance with Bren was really well done, there wasn't a 'magic wand' at the end, but it's hopeful all the same. Highly recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Slavery, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture and Ableism

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

5.0

Rae ilysm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Slavery

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Torture

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.25

I'm not sure why I didn't LOVE this one as much as previous installments. It was  still a good story, and carried on with the themes about justice I appreciated from previous books. Maybe I'm just a bit more like Bren than I am Rae so I found some of her angst unnecessary...

I also in theory appreciated some of the serious conversations that naturally are part of making relationship more serious, but also didn't especially like how those conversations went. Not a big part of the book, just another example of how this book was *almost* a great reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Alcohol and Child abuse

kimib79's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

I adore this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Ableism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Slavery

fromjuliereads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

I feel like I can give this sequel nothing short of 5 stars. That was such a fantastic end to the story! There were twists to how things were resolved that I didn't see coming and absolutely loved! So many fantastic characters and moments. I felt all of the emotions reading this book - it deals with so much darkness but has these wonderful moments of humour and hope. I adored this series, all of the characters, and I cannot wait to read more from this author!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Pregnancy

surbhi_reads's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, Trafficking, and Physical abuse