Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

95 reviews

annarosemiddlemass's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder

findingvictoria's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

vaporvox's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The fifth book in the Harry Potter series, The Order of the Phoenix is an interesting turn in the series' pace and atmosphere. While the novel is super-intricate in terms of plot and detail, and while it calls back to a lot of the events in previous novels, it is also the darkest and most depressing in the series so far. The dark and stormy aesthetic, the presence of Umbridge and her control over the school and its flow of information, and the constant fight for truth and justice is a heavy, difficult read for anyone going through a dark time. Harry's character traits in this novel don't help that flow much either. He is the most insufferable and obstinate that he's ever been, and while I can understand why he is that way with everything he had experienced up to this point, it still doesn't make it any easier of a read. I found myself metaphorically yelling at the pages too often. I also don't like how they tried to introduce a sort of "redemption arc" to save Snape's character; it just doesn't land. Overall, it's definitely a book for the truest of fans as it's hard to slog through fairly often - especially near the beginning. The amount of detail, the hard-hitting plot twists, and the general character-building are fairly solid and still make the novel a worthy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder

Emotional abuse: One of the teachers consistently abuses Harry emotionally by putting him down, discrediting his word, etc. Gaslighting: The entire novel revolves around the main leaders of the wizarding world disbelieving and gaslighting Harry about the events he witnessed in the previous novel. Blood: One character receives a bloody nose in a battle. One character is consistently bleeding from the hand due to a punishment. One character experiences visuals of her loved ones dead in a bloody mess. Bullying: Malfoy and his cronies amp up their bullying to an extreme, abusing their power as prefects to consistently pick on, restrain, and overtake Harry and his friends. Death/Grief/Murder: One important character is killed off near the end of the book, and Harry experiences many stages of grief after. Grief is also experienced by another character mourning one of the death's from the previous novel. Torture: The torture curse is used frequently in this novel by the bad guys. The punishment Harry experiences from Umbridge could absolutely be seen as torture.

ravenauthor1013's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, Murder, War

bethane156's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The majority of this book was good but went on for far too long. But the last third of it was very good and had me sobbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Bullying, Torture

mararast's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

kalliax's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief

mighty_dumpling's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Torture, Medical trauma

emilycrowleyyy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Murder

Minor: Torture, Blood, Medical content

gillianengelbrecht's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail