Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

174 reviews

bexs848's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Murder, Death of parent, Torture, Death, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, and Blood

virgoreadss's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

i read this physically and with the audiobook and it was amazing. i really don’t know what to rate this one. it’s either a 4.5 or a 5. i loved the magic system a lot and i love the characters especially zélie and amari. don’t even get me started on inan. i don’t know what’s keeping me from rating is 5 stars. on one hand if i think of fantasies i have rated 5 stars, i don’t think it is a 5 then. but also should i compare different books together? also i have a bit of a problem with inan’s character and how he was handled. and on the other hand if you think about it for what it is, a debut YA fantasy novel then it deserves 5 stars. i don’t know i hate having to rate books, trying to fit whole worlds onto a 1-5 rating scale (i’m so close to not rating books at all). the ending and the author’s note made me sob. i’m picking the second book now !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery and War

Minor: Sexual harassment

lizzie24601's review

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Child death, Genocide, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

gems_bookdiary's review

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Torture, Death, and Grief

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Death of parent, Genocide, Torture, Death, Murder, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Child abuse, Blood, Classism, Physical abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death and Sexual harassment

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Xenophobia, Grief, Racism, Child death, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Death, War, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery

brittknee52's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, War, Violence, Torture, Child death, and Racism

filosophicfoton's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, and Death

Moderate: War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Genocide

apuchan's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

It got slow in the middle. Had to put it down. Finally caught back up and got interesting at the end.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Child abuse, and Rape

ethuiliel's review

challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death, Violence, Blood, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Genocide, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content