Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Alice by Christina Henry

56 reviews

chloeam3103's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Torture, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Classism, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Murder, Trafficking, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Gore, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Genocide

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror

hookerkitty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Warning: this book mentions rape a LOT. Sometimes more descriptive/graphic than others, but parts of the act and her feelings (and flashbacks) about it are referenced WAY more than I would’ve liked, (it’s brought up within the first two chapters, and then many times after, including involving other characters), and I almost had to quit reading because of it. So keep that in mind. 

I mostly enjoyed this book (obv minus when the above kept getting brought up). I don’t remember if I ever actually read the original book, and it’s been a long time since I’ve even seen the movies, so that may be a factor in why I enjoyed it more lol. I say “mostly” though, because I thought the end was rather anti-climactic, which was hella disappointing. I don’t know if the author ran out of steam and time before the deadline, but I was hoping for much more than there was. 

However I really enjoyed how they showed Alice learning to find herself again after a deeply traumatic event. I’ve been through a lot of similar events that Alice went through, and found that the representation of being deeply scarred and the struggles of trying break out of that cocoon you placed yourself in to be rather accurate. I would’ve been annoyed if they instantly made her a girlboss™️ once she escaped the institution. I find it incredibly frustrating when stories (books/movies/anything) force toxic positivity down our throats like that actually solves all our problems, so this was a refreshing (albeit triggering) change. 

Anyway, hopefully this makes sense. I not only have a migraine, but even rehashing this stuff is taxing mentally and emotionally. So keep your furry friends (or stuffed animals) nearby to help you through those portions if it’s triggering (and it’s totally okay to skip this book for now, or ever, if you don’t want to encounter those parts of the storyline), and check in with your body to see if you need a break. I’m now curious to read the original book(s) to compare different aspects of the storylines. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Blood, Sexual assault, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Animal death, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Slavery, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

voldycat's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, Slavery, and Rape

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

jabioks55's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

Rough! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Gore, Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

michellekassandra's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

From the very first page, I loved this book. No slow starts and no fast endings. I loved every second of this book. It has quickly become one of my favorites.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Sexual violence, Murder, and Rape

slavic_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Drug use, Trafficking, Gore, Blood, Terminal illness, Death, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Torture, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

kwdubz's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

What a.... honestly disappointing read. I've had this for so long and I was highly anticipating it because I loved the Lost Boys book. Maybe I overhyped it in my head, because it has been a very long time since I read that, but this was just not as good as I was expecting.

The writing was fine, just a little too... idk... straight forward? There were too many liberties taken with the plot that it felt too convenient and fast paced for the way the characters were acting and thinking. Not to mention the gratuitous use of sexual assault and violence against women as a plot point and narrative device. There's only so much I can handle.

The characters were not very developed. It felt like a lot of telling was happening rather than showing. All in all they read very YA but boy howdy were the descriptions graphic.

Very bingeable, probably only took me a few hours in total to get through this. I'm not sure if I'll continue though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Kidnapping, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Death

mykday's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Misogyny, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

georgieg's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence