Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

54 reviews

selestre's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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: Sexual content, Torture, Cursing, Death of parent, Violence, War, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, and Classism

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

holy shit. this was significantly better than the last book! I had my fears but it definitely proved me wrong. Once again this book falls victim to a action packed beginning and end but a relatively boring middle. I think Poppy is wayyy too overpowered in terms of where we started. I will say though between the end, the joining, the Poppy & Castiel reunion, and Tawney I have a lot of positives too. Which is why the book is rated as high as it is. While this book falls victim to a lot of the pitfalls of the 2nd and 3rd book, it is entertaining as hell and FINALLY answers series long questions (despite how ridiculous some answers are). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Emotional abuse, Torture, Confinement, Alcohol, Classism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, War, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

amandavano's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and War

alxisrae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent

jessversteeg's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

The series is getting pretty ridiculous with so many complex layers of god/deity/primal/whatever and they’re all different and we should know that and be able to keep track … I honestly don’t know how the author is even able to keep track of every new revelation that’s happened in this series or book. I stopped trying to actually follow and just wanted to know what happened with Poppy and Casteel. Probably won’t read the next one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual content, and Confinement

aklert's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Taka potężna Poppy a tak łatwo daje się prowokować swojej matce. 
Już myślałam, że to nareszcie koniec, a tu się okazało, że jednak będę się musiała zmusić do czytania kolejnych części 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, War, Torture, and Violence

gibbse97's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

I have to admit I went back and forth with this book. There were some moments I really liked and there were others I was very upset about.

I love Cas. I love Kieran. I love Reaver. There are other characters I love but these are probably my favorites. They’re witty and sarcastic and also loveable. I feel like Poppy really grew throughout this book especially.

I did find it a little irritating that they were overly confident and kept underestimating Isbeth. Her death was satisfying. Go Poppy. I have to say I am so freaking glad we finally got the joining and it was sexual. The joining was definitely spicy but it was also beautiful and sweet. They give me throuple vibes but it’s sweet how much they care for each other

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I do feel like Armentrout does fall into this cycle of repetition that kind of drags on but I really like the actual storyline so I look past the repetitive jokes that have lost their effect and the repetitive info for the general story that I’m really enjoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Child death, Violence, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Classism

Minor: Sexism, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

readbyella_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Cursing

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, War, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail