Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus

4 reviews

msteasam's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.75

The Shape of Water is one of my favourite movies. The book wasn't quite as good, but still very enjoyable. I just wish Elisa's relationship with the monster had more focus, as he felt more like a plot device than a character at times.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, War, Torture, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence, Sexism, Gore, Cursing, Addiction, Animal death, Vomit, Homophobia, War, Torture, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Grief, Colonisation, Misogyny, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Racism, Ableism, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Classism, and Alcohol

casmith512's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War, Torture, Blood, Misogyny, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

gracew's review

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.5

As beautiful in book form as it is in film. This book does a lot of background work and gives us POVs that makes some characters more likable and others more terrible. I think it captures a lot of what the film said in words the film couldn't. Also I just love women falling in love with monsters where the monsters are metaphors for marginalized people, particularly when there are other marginalized people in the story to drive the point that what makes us human is kindness, not violence. Del Torro is just *chefs kiss* honestly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Racism, Ableism, and Homophobia