Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

69 reviews

midnightmermaid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

This is definitely one of my favs... love all of the Remus and Sirius moments and I love how much Harry loves teaching defense in the DA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Torture, Violence, Homophobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death of parent

rini's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Cultural appropriation

Minor: Sexual violence

nxclx's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

It's a Harry Potter book. It's okay, in my opinion, I liked the second half more where the stakes are higher. The series does get better as it goes on, but I overall still don't like the series as books. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Torture

nickiethebookwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Torture, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Death of parent

chloes_home_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

My favourite of the Harry Potter series. There is more depth of the main characters and we get to learn a bit more of the side characters. I love the background story of Neville Longbottom.

While the death in the previous book did upset me, this was the first death to upset me

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Torture

elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? N/A

3.5

Francamente mi aspettavo di più dalla rilettura di quest'opera, ma rileggerla dopo anni, con io che nel mentre sono cresciuta, ne mette in luce alcuni difetti, tra cui soprattutto tutta la spiegazione finale orale da parte di Silente e la mancanza di conseguenze negative per gli antagonisti dell'opera, che rende il tutto più attenuato.

Mi sarebbe infatti piaciuto vedere serie conseguenze soprattutto per il personaggio della

Umbridge, considerandone la natura e le sue azioni, ma soprattutto a causa del suo abuso di potere. Invece, non viene menzionato all'interno del libro nessun serio provvedimento nei suoi confronti. Ciò riguarda anche la figura del primo ministro e della Gazzetta del Profeta, ma trovo tutto ciò più credibile ed ammissibile.

In più, sempre riguardo il finale, si nota che Harry sta avendo

difficoltà psicologiche legate agli avvenimenti appena conclusi. Mi sarebbe piaciuto vedere anche quest'ultime meglio affrontate, anzi che illustrarne solamente gli effetti sul protagonista.

Un altra cosa che l'autrice persiste ad affrontare senza commenti da parte di figure adulte, o serie conseguenze, è il continuo bullismo che Harry riceve da parte

del professor Piton, già dai volumi precedenti, e poi, in questo, anche dalla Umbridge

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Il resto dell'opera è abbastanza buono, senza essere però mai fenomenale. 
La cosa meglio riuscita di quest'opera a mio parere è il personaggio della Umbridge e la rappresentazione del suo carattere, tramite il suo modo di agire, seguita poi dalla rappresentazione dell'adolescenza dei tre protagonisti e i problemi che ne conseguono.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Torture