Reviews tagging 'Torture'

O canto mais escuro da floresta by Holly Black

8 reviews

noellegrace8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I really loved this plotline. I started with Folk of the Air, not knowing this was the first Elfhame novel. I'm glad I read it in the order I did, because I think I would have put down this installment if I weren't already so invested in the world of Elfhame. I loved that this had a small-town folktale vibe. The legends surrounding the boy in the glass coffin and the folk in the forest were perfect. I also loved Sorrow's story and description. Again, a truly clever tale.

I was disappointed at how quickly the action was resolved and how we got such a bird's-eye-view of Severin and Ben's relationship with him. In my opinion, Ben would have been a far better main character choice than Hazel. Hazel was basically the Wish.com version of Jude Duarte. And Jack was, unfortunately, not very well developed. Altogether, the characters in this book either fell flat or weren't explored enough. I also really dislike the high school approach, mostly because it always focuses on partying and stupid decisions, which I couldn't even relate to while I was actually in high school.

I give Lauren Fortgang 4/5⭐. Sometimes she had it down so well - the vocal choices, the gender switching, all of it. Other times, like with Severin, her voice did not really match the character and description well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Self harm, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

10stormlight's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, and Blood

annorabrady's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Domestic abuse and Homophobia

itsmeaemma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and War

nat20charisma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

Set before the Cruel Prince, this book was a great way to see a different part of the world where humans and faeries live on the same land. There is a crossover of characters from both stories, and the main character Hazel has many similarities to Jude, but there are enough differences to make it enjoyable. The ending was surprising and incredibly satisfying. Also, the LGBTQ representation is done well. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

redpollrory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Torture, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse and Slavery

karapillar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Infidelity

awizardrat's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol