Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

168 reviews

hrubelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

THE ENDING WOW. The first half was a little boring ngl but near the end, I couldn't stop reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Addiction

alielaine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, Drug use, Self harm, Murder, Police brutality, and Drug abuse

kitkat1923's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Self harm, and Violence

mmari's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.75

Cliffhanger un po' prevedibile e world building semplice, adatto a lettori fantasy neofiti. Molto carina la storia e ben scritto

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Minor: Addiction, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Torture

hollyrebecca's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A four elements, trials based fantasy story with a budding romance between the main character and the new prisoner (albeit reluctantly). Or so it seems! I predicted some of the twists in this but

the last page left me shook!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Rape, and Suicide attempt

bethisacupcake's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Drug use, Torture, Drug abuse, and Vomit

allysaurus3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Self harm, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

aglittercobra's review against another edition

4.0

 ***4.0 stars***

Overall,
I have been getting away from young adult fantasy as I age, I have a more and more difficult time connecting to the characters. However I kept hearing how good this trilogy was so I figured I would give it a go. While not the freshest of story ideas, it is a compelling story that I was quickly engrossed in. There was enough foreshadowing that I wasnt surprised by most of the reveals, except that one at the end. I did not see that one coming. I will definately be continuing this series.

Recommendation,
A YA Fantasy (on the dark themed side of things) that I would say is at the older end of the spectrum for some of the darker themed elements (i.e. graphic torture) check some trigger warnings before starting. So far I am impressed and am enjoying this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Self harm, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

hannah__kilburn's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

An interesting plot, I did like the book but it just took me a while to get through it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, and Rape

alsri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

A dark ya fantasy that caught me off guard with the twist at the end.

I was truly hooked in, though my interest did start to wane in the second half and the middle seemed to drag on for a little too long leaving the end feeling a little whiplash-y (though not enough to feel overly rushed).

I had guessed that Kiva was related to the rebel queen somehow but had assumed it would be a distant bloodline that she was unaware herself

The ending took me a little by surprise with the big reveal, though we’d gotten hints throughout.

While the romance subplot is definitely ya fitting the darker themes in the book are one to check out before reading

Overall an excellent read and I’m intrigued to read the next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Minor: Self harm