Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Fear of Winter by S.C. Sterling

4 reviews

lavenderbtcpodcast's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

I received this in a storygraph giveaway and unfortunately it was not for me. The characters felt very flat and cliche to me. They each have their own dark traumas and self destructive coping mechanisms.
There wasn't really any tension in the search for the missing girl. And there wasn't enough character depth to really bring out their emotional experience of the loss. The "bad guy" is kind of cartoonish in his cruelty. There was also quite a few "men writing women" moments in this book that made me wince. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug use

abbigirl97's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

1.0

It just feels sloppy and unfinished. The characters don't feel like real people, there are certain details given that don't add anything to the story. It jumps around pov's quite frequently and with no rhyme or reason. It felt very much like a first draft. And there's really no mystery. It's very obvious from the start what happened to Megan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcoholism

knkayaktel's review against another edition

1.5

what don’t they contact the freaking police? this book was confusing with many characters being focused on and most of them had no resolution. I’m embarrassed to say I wasted time reading this book. Check out the TW, it basically covers everything you could think of in such a short book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Torture

what don’t they contact the freaking police? this book was confusing with many characters being focused on and most of them had no resolution. I’m embarrassed to say I wasted time reading this book. Check out the TW, it basically covers everything you could think of in such a short book.