Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Ángeles y demonios by Dan Brown

34 reviews

natrix's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, and Torture

gundegaaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

danteseffect's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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

Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Murder, and Gore

gurkanwal27's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Rape, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Hate crime

Moderate: Emotional abuse

caro221's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Im Not Sure, I really Like it the First half but Then Well what
The only poc were a camera Woman who got talked down to by a Rookie News Guy and a murderer/almost-rapist.....

Victoria lost her dad, got almost Killed, knocked Out almost raped and then she Just jumps Landon....
Landon got almost crushed, Shot, drowned, knocked Out, Fell from the Sky and then drowned almost again....

The plottwists Well I think at 2/3 that I suspect the CERN Guy, and the bretrayl from the guard came Out of nowhere
And Then Just everybody dies...nice

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Torture

loch_nesa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It is an entertaining re-read. It is not my favorite Dan Brown, but it is a compelling story of adventure. There were portions that I just skimmed. I love googling the sculptures mentioned and seeing the detail and hard work put into the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

mickeyyjr's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Excelente libro.  En mi opinión, mejor que el Código de Da Vinci (y Da Vinci es un 5 estrellas). Misterio, engaño, y muchísimos cambios inesperados. Hace un excelente trabajo en ocultar al antagonista.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Torture

elodie_melodie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

Alles in allem hat es mir viel Spaß gemacht dieses Buch zu lesen. 

Die meiste Zeit mochte ich den Schreibstil und die Cliffhanger und Plottwists, ich hatte das Gefühl, dass ich dadurch immer mehr lesen wollte und die Spannung gut gehalten wurde. Dennoch muss ich leider sagen, dass genau das mich gegen Ende, ungefähr im letzten Viertel, extrem genervt hat. So nach dem Motto zu viel des Guten. Alles war ein Plottwist... Dadurch hat sich das Ende meiner Meinung nach viel zu lang gezogen. 
Tatsächlich hat es mich auch ein bisschen enttäuscht, dass so wenig in der Geschichte der Wahrheit entsprochen hat. Mir ist klar, dass es ein fiktiver Roman ist, aber da der Autor sich an viele echte Gebäude und Skulpturen in Rom und im Vatikan gehalten hat, hatte ich gehofft, dass er bezüglich des Illuminatenordens sich auch an den bekannten Fakten orientiert und dann seine Fiktion darum bastelt, anstatt den Großteil frei zu erfinden. Vor allem weil ich finde, dass der Prolog/das Vorwort den Anschein erweckt, als würde alles außer die Charaktere und Handlung wirklich existieren. 

Naja, trotzdem hab ich es gerne gelesen und schnell verschlungen. Ein gutes Buch, wenn man mal was spannendes will. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, and Self harm

cambrand's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This is a re-read. I read it first time when I was 12 and I wasn’t sure if I was still going to like it but… I do. Now, I know there’s plenty of criticism about the book but if you like art history, occultism, symbolism, a good conspiracy theory, or you’re a lapsed catholic,  and you enjoy an actioned pack book with some sexual tension, then you’d enjoy this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual harassment, Death, and Kidnapping

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Torture, Suicide, and Sexual content