Reviews tagging 'Torture'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

145 reviews

jdrain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was fantastic! Good pacing telling an incredible story. MMC is swoon worthy. FMC is strong, fiesty, independent,clever, and deadly. Excellent unique world building that initially feels like it might be overwhelming, but the author does an excellent job giving everything context. Mild gore and  🌶 🌶. The Dragons are perfect. Ends on a cliffhanger as this is first book in a series. Really loved this book and can't wait for the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

cturn's review

adventurous 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? Yes

3.0

Characters - 6
Atmosphere - 8
Writing - 4
Plot - 7
Intrigue - 9
Logic - 4
Enjoyment - 6
CAWPILE score - 6.3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

gottheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

“Broken things make the sharpest weapons.”

I was very excited to start this book after all the hype it was receiving on BookTok!
I struggled a little to get into it with the heavy world building and found myself flipping to the glossary quite a lot at the start. 
Raeve is a strong bounty hunter with a dark side to herself. We learn a lot more about her past through diary entries (which was also a little confusing at the start because they’re not “technically” her diary entries). I would love to get to know the dragons more, as right now they mostly feel like transport rather than super connected to their riders (other than Slatra) and we don’t know why they bond with Fae. 
It was a slow and dense read but I did enjoy it and the end answered some questions but also left me wanting more. I’m excited to see where it goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

_sailormercury's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

2.0

welp... this was my most disappointing, if not overall worst, read of 2024.

from the cover i was expecting a dreamy, whimsical ghibli-esque fantasy a la the girl who fell beneath the sea.
what i got was a butchered amalgamation of the ACOTAR/FBAA/fourth wing romantasy trend with bad writing, minimal worldbuilding, forgettable characters, and way too many italics.

there was no reason for this book to be more than 350 pages.

i don't think i would've come down this hard if this book hadn't been so hyped and i'd only been seeing positive reviews. i'm just shocked bc i can overlook using all the romantasy tropes, but i don't even feel like it fully commits to those on top of the writing and story not delivering.

i would have dnf'd, but i needed to see this one through to speak on it. i will not be continuing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

sarambs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, and Violence

issiwerro's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

benas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Torture

yilliun's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

I was so excited when I first heard of this book and I saw so much potential. Unfortunately, it fell flat for me. Raeve came off as an attempt at Aelin in Heir of Fire and her actions throughout the book were so inconsistent. While I understood the fixation on killing Rekk, it made her so one dimensional. 

The romance between

Raeve and Kaan

was extremely rushed and didn’t make any sense to me. One minute she’s trying to kill him and one minute she’s aching to get with him. 

I frequently pictured Kaan as the Boulder from Avatar the Last Airbender. The descriptions of the male characters read as cartoonish and way overdone. 

For a book involving dragons, we learned relatively little about them. They were not as central to the plot as I thought they would be.

The use of the glossary and

family tree at the end

seemed like a cop out, especially considering how wordy this author likes to be. The writing was difficult for me to follow at times, so I found myself skimming pages instead of actually reading them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Vomit

h_gall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail