Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

126 reviews

isxelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

3.77

elias just deserves so much love. this poor guy.

  he has gone through so much. literally walked through hell and still was able to be a good person.

i really would have liked certain characters to have been together more because the tension had me screaming and kicking my feet

and then someone decided to just be like peace out i gotta do this on my own. bruh. i understand why but still. you left her with that freak of nature keenan

helene's chapters were ok. ik they're necessary but it just felt like she was in this cycle of constant confusion which then resulted in her being fucked over. she was being tugged everywhere and told basically fucking jack shit. so many of her chapters she is just trying to figure out what to do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

jpfortmiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Torture

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

The last 50 pages kept me from giving this 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Slavery, War, Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Torture, Colonisation, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

zozoann's review against another edition

adventurous 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

So much progression happens in this book I almost had a hard time keeping up. I loved it so much and this series is becoming a new top series for me. I loved the new perspective we got and it added so much to the mystery of the plot.

I have so many emotions about Keenan being the nightbringer so much confusion.

overall this book keeps me guessing which I love. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Violence, Murder, Blood, Slavery, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, War, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

victoria96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Death, and Torture

risten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Racism, Violence, Child death, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Classism, War, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Excrement, and Misogyny

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

c_l_ara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Torture, Violence, Genocide, War, Racism, Slavery, Child death, Confinement, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Physical abuse

mellorusso's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Torture

whiskersdottir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence