Reviews tagging 'Torture'

More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer

4 reviews

lananfried's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, and Rape

Minor: Abandonment

lyla_wicks's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

i really loved rev’s character and felt so bad for what he went through, however i could not stand emma. she was so whiny and it felt like she victimised herself in every situation, even though she was the one being horrible to her best friend. despite this, their relationship was quite cute (albeit a bit cringe) and i loved the family dynamic between rev, his parents, and his foster brother.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

perished's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

4.5 stars. 5 if emma hadn’t been such a pain in the ass most of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Bullying, Child death, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

nya_r's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

If you don’t like YA books, read this. That may sound strange but this is very different from your typical YA book. It’s not cheesy and handles very heavy topics really well. I absolutely love Rev Fletcher. I liked him a lot in Letters to the Lost (the first book to this companion novel) but I honestly started reading this book to see more of Juliet and Declan. HOWEVER, I was reading it for Rev by chapter two. I just want to hug him and protect him. He’s honestly my favorite boy character ever. He was the sweetest. I cried so many times during this book. There were happy tears and sad tears and angry tears and frustrated tears… it was a mess haha. Please look up trigger warnings, but if you read it, you’ll love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Cursing, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Rape, Terminal illness, Racism, Blood, Homophobia, Murder, Medical content, and Car accident

PLEASE LOOK UP TRIGGER WARNINGS!! This book dealt heavily with child abuse!!