Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Caught Up by Navessa Allen

52 reviews

mrs_bear1230's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Stalking

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism

nekoyasha's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood

Minor: Death of parent

nikkinovelnook's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Stalking

Minor: Torture, Injury/Injury detail

budderfly_reads28's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The first book needed to end at the first book. I am not sure if the TikTok demand was high for this book, but I don’t feel like the author wrote a well thought out plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

krys_y's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

moominlala's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Sadly, I found this was somewhat lacking. Light out was funny with elements of dark. Good character development along side a decent storyline. Caught up however felt quite one dimensional. Nico Jnr was a good character with personal growth, but Lauren was unlikeable. Her whole persona was pretty much just based on her liking kinks. Don’t get me wrong. I am all for kinks. But it was her entire identity. Everything else about her felt surface level with no depth. It was nice to have Ali and Josh back, but Tyler seemed to have been added in for the sake of it. Having the reveal he was trying to make his own enterprise doing shady stuff seemed just something to fit in for this book. The only description for him was to call him a douche, forgetting Josh previously stated what a great friend to him he was and made sure fans of true crime were not brought back to the house. Also, in Lights Out there was a conversation about how Josh tracks the whereabouts of those he cares about…so saying to Jnr Josh doesn’t know what he is up to doesn’t add up. I was hoping there was going to be some humour in this like in Lights Out as that set it apart from other books out there, but alas, there was not. I’m hoping the next instalment has a bit more depth to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Stalking

kcheck's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

dessdanielle's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Violence

Minor: Abandonment

nukie19's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think I liked this one more than Lights Out, but maybe because I listened to the audiobook and the narrators were super fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

toxictex's review against another edition

4.0

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I enjoyed the MMC in this book, and the roommates of the FMC. I did frequently find myself annoyed with the FMCs lack of communication skills and her ability to jump to conclusions immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Torture, Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy