Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Mentiras do amor by Ana Huang, Ana Huang

164 reviews

ellieelou's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, and Murder

steffine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

yambtato's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

This was my favorite book in the series. The characters were easy to connect with and I loved the more extensive glimpse into their lives and past vs it being mostly romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Torture

katie0528's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I first read Ana Huang's Kings of Sin series first where Christian is a reocurring character, so I'm glad I finally reached his story.  Stella Alfonso is an Instagram influencer, model, and aspiring fashion designer. When she needs to up her follower count to secure a luxury brand partnership, she decides she needs a fake boyfriend. Enter her neighbor/landlord and cybersecurity expert Christan Harper. He agrees to be her fake boyfriend in exchange for her coming to events with him. But his company has a mole selling information to his competitors just as Stella has a stalker reemerge after years away. As they rely on each other for support, their feelings grow less fake and put the entire ploy in jeopardy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

singstarsam's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

While well written and the audiobook narrators are great (as they have been with the entire Twisted series), this has to be my least favorite in the whole series. Love Ana's writing, but this plot just wasn't it for me. Christian is broody all the time like it's his main trait...

... and Stella gets really cool about a lot of things quickly toward the end. I wish we had seen more of the family dynamic, it seems as though the family aspect was thrown in just to give Stella something to complain about. 

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, and Murder

gremlin_98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

starredbyalice's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

Ana Huang loooves a 2010s CW plot twist reveal and villain monologue. She also looooves trying to make the novel a dark romance by adding elements that were not necessary at all to the plot… like just embrace your love for a romcom!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

unerhoertlaut's review against another edition

dark medium-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

1.75

I didn't enjoy the plot nor the spicy scenes — really disappointing and Christian is really not my type.

For me the whole relationship was based on him stalking her — which ironically is also part of the plot meaning someone else stalks her? Maybe Ana wanted to make Christian seem less problematic by adding a clearly psychotic stalker to the book. Na na, Christian is toxic too and you can't convince me otherwise. He fantasizes about killing people that look at her a little too long.

Thanks, but no thanks. I came for the spicy scenes and even those didn't live up to my expectations — sad.🤷‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Pregnancy

erikawarrix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Stalking, and Murder

zoe_senaye's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail