Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E.B. Hudspeth

4 reviews

el_wheel's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed it a lot and found myself wanting more. I really, really want to know what Black made that made him so, assumedly, scared of it and himself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Medical trauma, Death, Torture, Medical content, Body horror, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

ichor_tears's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is not a book for people who cannot handle animal cruelty and or experiments performed on animals and humans a like. The story is interesting and hard to put down, deeply disturbing, and does not have many traditionally "good" characters. I liked it, and the second half of the book was fascinating and read much more easily due to it's scientific nature. Do not go into this book without reading the potential trigger warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Drug use, Confinement, Violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Blood, Addiction, Abandonment, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Torture, Child death, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Animal death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Medical content, Gore, and Death of parent

thepinkladylazarus's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Torture, Medical content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Gore

siennaflynn's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Body horror, Torture, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Gore, and Murder