Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

136 reviews

macncheese_pdf's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gore, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, and Torture

chaotic_tumbleweed's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, and Chronic illness

pigsjillyjiggs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Vomit, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

haleea's review

medium-paced

4.5

disneyland? murder? halloween? yeah i’m obsessed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Death, and Torture

swewovsky's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Gore, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

hyphae's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Grief

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This is a well-written and interesting story with a unique and somewhat unbalanced protagonist with feminist-leaning sensibilities. While the flow of the storyline is pretty tight, at times it felt a little slow to me, but around 60-70% it became quite engaging.

The bottom line is that I don’t care for body horror or sexual content, especially when they’re combined. Even though the body horror and sexual content in this book are relatively mild and the author doesn’t go into a lot of detail, it was still, personally, more than I want to read. With that said, it works for the main character, Maeve Fly, and the story, just not for this reader.

I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Sosie Bacon. The personality and vocal inflections Ms. Bacon brought to all the characters fit perfectly, but I thought the huskiness of her voice took a little getting used to at the start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Gore

essie101's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Violence, and Medical content

antimony's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

took a little while to get into but the end was CRAZYYY

I knew she would kill liz but was NOT expecting GIDEON oh my god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, and Torture

anna_pizzichidilibri's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Death, Body horror, Murder, and Blood