Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

19 reviews

shift's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

veronika_kasardova's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, and Violence

grayscale08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Child death, Blood, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Excrement, Fatphobia, and Vomit

christian08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

vittorioseg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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

4.0

I honestly liked it. I didn't expect to do it and I think it was mostly because the narrator Michael Page was fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Be aware, that none of the characters can be considered heroes and the main point is between a bunch of selfish assholes against mass murderers. The world of Camorr is brutal, short and it doesn't forgive anybody. The moral of these characters (beside the core group) is reprehensible, but you get the idea that its part of the world, that is not made to be shocking but as a natural consequence of the type of world and level of technology the people live in. 

The plot were very well crafted, the story polished and the action tense and so very vivid. Its truly a heist story with mastermind against mastermind for the right of life and vengeance. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

The story its has some strong white american misoginy on its background. I think only two female characters where not reduced in a sexual way or sexualized inapropiely and one of them was a 70 year old. Its not in your face and it seems at face value to be quite egalitarian, until your realize that 99% of the women presented are: dumb muscle, whore, seductress and/or tragic victim. But its not graphic and I think its mostly unseen by the author in his type of writing, like say Asimov (but without being a piece of shit in real life) or say Marvel directors. Besides that, it can be a little hard the sheer spike it gets into the dark side of murder, betrayal and torture that it get in the second half.

mscalls's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

redthistle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book.

It's a criminal underworld, con artist, swashbuckling, found family masterpiece. The characters are amazing and the plot kept me guessing. I absolutely fell in love with Locke and his band of Gentleman Bastards.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

rachwalker's review against another edition

I got a fair way into this before finding the torture scenes too dark and overwhelming. The book is bleak and brutal - well-written, and if it's your cup of tea, fair play to you, but it was affecting me too much to continue.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

felofhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug use, Grief, Bullying, and Vomit