Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

47 reviews

angreadseverything's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Excrement, and Biphobia

seagem's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Islamophobia, Rape, Violence, and Religious bigotry

owlribbon's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Sexual assault, Blood, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Excrement, and Homophobia

aparker89's review

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

A fast-paced supernatural mystery that will leave you begging for mercy. Not only will you feel sorrow, you can feel the slash of the knife. While you witness some truly horrific events in this story, most are not so far fetched as to be unbelievable. You feel for every person you meet and the evil lurking is both ethereal and too real! With any luck, you might finish unscathed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Excrement, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Islamophobia, and Blood

Minor: Body shaming, Biphobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

mortiffa's review

Normally I thoroughly enjoy this author's work, but this one is just too hard to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

darkndfoxes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Torture, Hate crime, and Blood

caidyn's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

With how this book started, I thought it would end up as one of my favorites. Yet, it didn't. I would have loved it if it hadn't split in so many directions and the threads coming together wasn't as satisfying as I'd hoped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Excrement, Hate crime, Torture, Blood, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Car accident and Biphobia

riflelizards's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, and Excrement

Minor: Child death, Death, Biphobia, and Medical content

thenonbinaryc's review against another edition

3.75

Running ableist trope throughout book about how disabled people are monsters and burdens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Pedophilia, and Hate crime

chuckstafer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Goodness, this was a challenging read at times. VERY dark and subject matter that was very heavy for sure. LaRocca has a way of sucking readers in with his narrative and writing style though and even when parts of this book were difficult to read, I couldn't stop.

A very strange tale as well and touched on some interesting topics regarding idol worship, religion, homophobia more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Torture, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse