Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

39 reviews

xiggy's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Torture, and Toxic relationship

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Blood, and Slavery

Minor: Racism and Animal death

khargaotte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-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

I was expecting to love this book as I've been very into anything Pacat has written so far, and was not disappointed! It does have all the things that make her "signature", including plots that involved big brothers, but also twisted, delicious codependent relationships that no doubt will explode in drama in the next volume. This was a fairly dark read, but one that engrossed me nonetheless! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Torture

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, War, Death of parent, Blood, Classism, Genocide, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Torture, Child death, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

letiross's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Slavery, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death and Racism

arobear's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Slow to start, but worth a read. I enjoyed the worldbuilding and mystery of the bigger picture and the war. After

the big twist

I waned to throw my book across the room, which seems to be a theme for books I read by  C. S. Pacat (in a good way). I'm interested to see where the story goes in the next book. If you enjoyed the political intrigue of Captive Prince you'll enjoy this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, War, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

dododenise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Damn, this book really won me over. It was slow to start with and I needed to take my time with it, but with each new chapter I was pulled into this world more. By the end I just wanted to keep reading, get to know these characters even better and see their relationships develop. All the relationships of the main characters are so interesting. It took me one to two scenes for me to be on board with a certain dynamic and craving for more. It was masterfully done. 
The twists and turns of the story kept me on my toes and I can’t wait to see where it will go. 
Now I desperately want to continue reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Animal death

onthesamepage's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I spent 80% of this book thinking about how slow paced it was, how much it followed the standard good vs evil, light vs dark plotlines that we've all seen a million times before, how the writing and the characterizations were uneven, and how much I really dislike instalove. Our main character has the personality of mashed potatoes (bland and inoffensive) except for those moments where he is suddenly either charismatic and charming, or kind of ruthless. It almost gave me whiplash trying to keep up with how often Will changed to suit the plot. But the last 20% was a trip with twists that I did not see coming, and that makes me very curious to see where this series goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Slavery

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Good LORD! The ending just BLEW MY MIND. I need a sequel!! I cannot live without a sequel!!! Omg omg omg!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Torture, Murder, War, and Violence