Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

1 review

dowleyrachel's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring slow-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

3.0

The book was a little slow for my taste. I thought it was going to be 20% kid backstory, 80% WW2 spy novel, but it was more like 70%, 30%. It goes into great detail of characters that don't see much change and ultimately die. I liked the growth of Flossie and the writing around Cristabel murdering the soldier was gruesome but well written. I enjoyed the letters Cristabel and Digby wrote one another, would've loved more of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Torture, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief