Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

4 reviews

folst015's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Animal death, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Abortion, War, Rape, and Sexual assault

karmapen's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Blood, Colonisation, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Confinement, Torture, Animal death, Cursing, and War

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Neat premise but it was nothing to sing home about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Classism, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Rape, Abortion, Cursing, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Confinement

Minor: Physical abuse, War, and Torture

cass_lit's review against another edition

4.25

The Hacienda was exactly the spooky, gothic haunted house vibes that I wanted it to be. I especially loved the Author’s note at the end about how colonialism and other real-life horrors are hauntings that can actually be left on a property/in a house, and should be remembered as such. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Death

Minor: Rape, Abortion, and Torture