Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

25 reviews

minniepauline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage

kbookish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Rape

ghford's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Torture and Animal death

lauramcc7's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Rape, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, and Animal death

cmbossy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved the whimsical fairy-tale style of this book. It was beautiful and sweeping, despite how sad and traumatic the main character’s journey is. The character’s youth added a sweet storytelling aspect and I thought it was great. Very dark storylines though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, Death, and Self harm

cmaree88's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

Minor: War, Xenophobia, and Torture

noragoudie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book is a re-read for me -- I'll always remember the experience of reading this with my mom so fondly. This story made me fall in love with storybook retellings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Death, Torture, and Violence

frenza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Sexual assault

Moderate: Colonisation

jo_d's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Zoomed through reading this book, excellent story but very few happy moments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Rape, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Blood, Colonisation, War, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Torture, Child abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Sexual assault