Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

35 reviews

coleyglasses's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

1.5

The concept for this book was fantastic but the ultimate execution was very much lacking, especially in the back half of the book. 
Additionally

Way too much nipple torture and very poorly written female characters

Made for an uncomfortable read at times and not in the good way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

georginaaurora's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

chloe_lynne's review

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

3.5

This Fucked me up is all i can say.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture

mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

thetruthatallhazards's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Terrifying, will never read again. Amazing horror novel though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Religious bigotry, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Child death, Body horror, and Animal death