Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

11 reviews

christinesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, and Stalking

alicialexandr_a's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.25

I don’t think a single female character in the novel wasn’t sexualized, assaulted, or called a whore. The book was slow and at some points dragged. While the writing was beautiful, at some points if felt pretentious and convoluted. The last 200 pages of the book were fantastic, but I don’t know if I’d go through the other 600 to get to it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, War, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Death

jashanac's review

4.75

As per usual with the books in this series... I'm kind of just sitting here without any words coming to mind because I'm a bit in awe. 

I might change this rating from 4.75 to 5, but right now the pacing of this one is stopping me from going up to 5. All three of the other books I really flew through, regardless of their length. I was ENGROSSED the entire time. With this one, it is quite a bit longer for one thing, but there was a chunk in the middle area that I wasn't quite as gripped by or engrossed in. 

Fermin is absolutely one of my all-time favorite characters! I absolutely adore him. 

The ending here was a bit long, I felt -- all of the part with Julian giving exposition about his life. But I didn't hate it as I see some people -- it felt satisfying to me. 

I really don't feel like I have the words to properly express how much I adore this entire series, though. Calling it a masterpiece in Gothic literature is absolutely valid, and I was simply engrossed with essentially every bit of this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Chronic illness, Torture, Trafficking, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

alice_sherwood12's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Violence, Torture, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

narsere's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Rape, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

cathannahs's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

scottishlindsay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

clarabooksit'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Alcoholism, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Ableism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Trafficking, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cancer and War

aviery's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Excrement

nyiestra's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, and Torture