Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

165 reviews

khymihr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Sexual assault, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Torture

Minor: Child death and Self harm

cableknitsweater's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

Good old fashioned vampire Hugh fantasy with a side of unhinged FMC that really worked for me.

If you enjoy fantasy plot lines about female characters growing up thinking they have to be the perfect weapon to be taken seriously, you will enjoy this book. Definite Jude vibes (FotA series).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Cursing, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Sexism, Sexual content, War, Rape, Murder, Slavery, Sexual assault, Torture, and Racism

fluffy_comet's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

It just fell flat at the end.

The forced marriage plot

was deeply frustrating, and the fact that all these two has to do was COMMUNICATE THE BAREST AMOUNT to avoid

another deadly war

was kind of infuriating at the end. The writer's grammar leaves much to be desired and I swear to God if she does the triplicate thing over (and over and over) in the next book I *will* DNF it. Loopholes and editing problems abound: you're telling me a 20 year old living in vampire territory isn't worried about her period? Also certain sentences/descriptions are repeated in the book in difficult situations, ie: he pissed himself, bleeding is bad, etc. 

Enjoyable read though, but it was very much a "kinda want to see what happens" vibe that drew me to ordering the next book, not a "I need to know what happens NOW".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Classism, Ableism, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking

ja605235's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

Such a good story! You are captivated by the storytelling that you don't even realize that you're finding the book so fast!! Definitely sat and stared at a wall when I finished to take it all in.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Rape, and Death of parent

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Grief, and Torture

elmmegan's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Torture

shinyfox's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, War, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Alcohol, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit and Animal death

hollymileham's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

one thing about me is i am an absolute SLUT for fantasy romances... this was no exception
it picked up so much in the second half of the book i am obsessed with oraya and raihn's dynamic... the forced proximity was so good and i just know the next book is going to slay too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, War, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Rape, and Sexual assault

grayb14's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Oraya, the adopted daughter of the Nightborn Vampire King, enters a bloody competition in a quest to earn the power to survive in a deadly society.

I’ll be honest, I totally failed the buddy read this time around—mostly because I got too caught up in a different series. I also had a bit of a struggle getting into this one for some reason…it wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t clicking for me.

Fortunately, by the time I got about halfway through, this absolutely clicked. I was super entertained for the entire second half, and ultimately stayed up until absurd hours to finish reading because I just needed to know what happened. Some of the final reveals felt a bit predictable, but I still really enjoyed them, loved the relationship between Raihn and Oraya, and can’t wait to see where this goes in book 2!

CW: Violence (including sexual violence), blood/injury; torture; death (including death of children and death of parent)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Violence, and War