Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Obsidio by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

10 reviews

sarahsbooklife's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

Honestly, this was an amazing ending to an amazing series. 💜💜💜
This was another absolute emotional roller coaster of a book. It was an epic journey. 
I loved the characters (expect Ben Garver, he was an asshole 90% of the time), the story, simply everything about this book and this series. It was so well crafted. 
Simply put: this was amazing and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, War, Death, Murder, Genocide, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Chronic illness

Minor: Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Death of parent

nightowlreader46's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Blood, Violence, War, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Obsidio, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, is nothing less than an insane, never-ending, occasionally deadly emotional rollercoaster that you never want to get off.

I read this book in a little under 48 (stressful) hours.

Not only are you introduced to a third cast of lovable characters led by Asha, Rhys, Katya, and Oshiro, but you also have to worry about the original squad from the Alexander/Hypatia/Heimdall/Mao.

This book (as well as the two preceding it) had me laughing, crying, cursing, and just about everything else you can imagine.

The plot raced by, the parallel storylines on Kerenza and on the Mao fitting together seamlessly. There were plenty of twists, some of which were surprising, others that weren't (but that usually covered for bigger twists).

The characters, both old and new, kicked-ass like never before.

Isaac Grant became an unexpected favorite of mine. I love the found family trope, and I think this is the first book where that found family included an actual parent. 

I loved how effortlessly he swished them all under his parental wing, while still making sure each of them knew that he recognized and was proud of their specific strengths. 

My ultimate favorite character, not just in Obsidio, but throughout the entire Illuminae Files trilogy, is still AIDAN. 

There's morally grey, and then there's logically evil. Each and every time he commits genocide (because, yes, there are multiple times), he lays out the logic behind it, plain and simple. 

And he's not wrong. Does that justify killing thousands of people? Of course not. But watching him learn and grow from "it" to "him" was amazingly interesting to read.

Plus, evil or not, without AIDAN's actions, this series would have ended a loooong time ago. 

If you haven't read the Illuminae Files, do yourself a favor and go get them now. You won't be sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gun violence, Slavery, Child death, Gore, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death, Torture, and Genocide

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Mental illness, and Ableism

itsbumley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, War, Confinement, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Death, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

huntress's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, War, Violence, Genocide, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death of parent, Medical content, and Stalking

marsh_mall0w's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Genocide, Murder, Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Torture, Sexual harassment, and Medical trauma

Minor: Confinement and Grief

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Genocide, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Suicide, Confinement, and Drug use

camoo3032's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.5

Great conclusion to this series. Very cleverly done. Interesting format

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, War, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Torture

cait's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Confinement, Drug use, War, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Gore, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, and Torture

nomora's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I like this book far better than the previous one, but not as much as the first. It wasn't a blatant copy of Illuminae like Gemina was, and we got more of the "global" happenings which is something that I'm really happy about. The action sequences were great and the terror of warfare is probably the area in which this book shines the most. The romance I didn't really care about. It is obvious the characters were introduced solely for the purpose of being our eyes into what was happening on Kerenza IV and had just the right skill set for things to turn out okay. Out of all the cast couples they were the least fleshed out. A thing that especially grated on me was the amount of offhand remarks about queer relationships when all three of the main couples were straight. I realize that this is probably due to writers who each took a portion, Amie the main girl characters and Jay the main guy characters but it was still a pain to read. It also would have helped not to have three same relationship dynamics. They could have at least gone for something drastically different in the middle book where the two mains weren't separated due to circumstances. I loved the format, and I loved the conflict, and I loved AIDAN, but the teenage posturing at the trials I could have done without. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Body horror, Grief, Torture, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Additional content warnings:
Minor
Body Horror:

a soldier lost a tip of his tongue by biting it off, told as a funny anecdote

Grief:

Hannah is still dealing with the death of her father in the previous book, as is Ella

Torture:

we only see the aftermath, but it is mentioned Asha is not treated nicely while BeiTech goons try to get information out of her

Medical Content:

Ella is hooked up to some medical machinery, as is Kady's dad while he is still post-op

Suicide Attempt:

At one point while believing there is no other way out, Kady turns to self-destruction as the only available option to take out the enemy, but is foiled

Moderate
Child death:

A pre-teen is killed on page with moderate detail.

Genocide:

BeiTech is attempting to kill off the whole population of Kerenza IV and there are a lot of dead.

Violence:

A lot of straight out fights, with weapons and without.

Gun Violence:

A lot of guns are used to kill people on page.