Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

63 reviews

marc_le's review

dark tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Minor: Torture

josoko's review against another edition

adventurous challenging

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Torture

bo0ks_are_cool91's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

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

4.5

On par with the hunger games for iconic dystopias! The exploration of death and the human condition here was done really well, and the world building is well serving to its purpose. Was a tad predictable at times but really good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Racism

Minor: Torture

sasquach135's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Torture, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, and Child death

coramae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Child death, Death, Torture, Blood, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: War, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide, and Violence

716a_m's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Blood

natspat98's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Gore, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Racism

megan_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

Enjoyed this. Wasn’t great wasn’t awful but it definitely kept me interested throughout. All the main characters are likeable (maybe not LOVABLE) and I feel like they might be a bit flat sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Genocide, Murder, Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content