Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Under the Skin by Michel Faber

7 reviews

arenas_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Sexual assault, and Blood

porridgegobbler's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Incredibly creepy, amazing use of words, atmospheric. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty

leic01's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

smills0's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

veliana's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Blood, Classism, Medical trauma, Gore, Vomit, Kidnapping, Body shaming, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Pregnancy, Animal death, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

quirpele's review

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Fantastic and devastating book. Deeply funny despite some quite gory sections. Recommend if you liked Animal Farm or The Sparrow. Not many male authors do a woman's POV this well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Rape, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

boswall_books's review

dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture