Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

164 reviews

toriburggraff's review

dark funny 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

4.0

I hesitate to say that I relate to Maeve Fly, but her love of Halloween, feminism, and movies paired with a desire to be loved, accepted, and seen was so lovely to read. She also is a depraved maniac and there are many descriptions of intense violence, so beware! A great book to read around Halloween.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

paperbackbookies's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

While this book made me absolutely sick to my stomach it kept me on my toes, coming back chapter after chapter. 

Maeve is a complex and also seemingly predictable character and yet I couldn’t stop reading, waiting to see how she’d unknowingly ruin her life again and again, over and over, never getting a moment of peace because it’s not what she deserved. It was  like a reward watching her life fall into ruin after all she did and all she’s ever done. 

I would’ve given this book a 5 stars if it wasn’t for the constant mention of SA (and then the ACTUAL SA). The part in the book where Maeve sexually assaults a young woman made me absolutely sick to my stomach and I did stop reading for a while after that. The scene was completely unnecessary and the way they glazed over it made me beyond angry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Cannibalism

lots of disturbing sexual parts, slight cannibalism, drug use, and a sexual assault that only lasts for a page but is still graphic and mentioned later again in the book

annathechaoticreader's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Grief, and Stalking

disguisedposer's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-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: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

madi_summerr's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, and Medical content

chelseadoesnotread's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

chloeburton's review against another edition

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

2.5

I really enjoyed the first two halves of the book. The writing is really engaging and quick, I liked the setting and the mixed tone. I like the idea of this freaky woman playing Elsa at Disney. Maybe this is too far into the zone of being splatterpunk for me. The last act all I could think was “I get it, you’ve read American Psycho.” And yes, I get that’s a thing she’s obviously doing on purpose but it becomes so overbearing by the end. I’ve already read American Psycho…and I didn’t care for it. 

That being said,  I do appreciate a fellow fan of Werewolf Bar Mitzvah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

heathclifff's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

2.5

surprisingly better (and less gory) than i was expecting, but still overall very flat. 

like obviously the character is supposed to be unlikeable and a sociopath but i’m not sure the excessive SA was necessary. 

i just didn’t really feel anything about it. promising from half way but it just fell flat and the twist at the end wasn’t particularly surprising compared to how maeve was reacting on the screen. 

interesting female descent into madness, i guess, and study of generational violence/trauma, idk..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit and Cannibalism

matchamarimo's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Abortion