Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

4 reviews

alanfollowsagraph's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Really slow. And I get that there are monsters in this world that are bad. I just don't like a literal white knight crusader calling them derogatory names. Really not a fan of the christian element in this book. Also disappointed that I generally expect these to be mysteries, but there just fantasy action books. I've heard the series gets better after this one, but it's been three books now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Cannibalism, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Torture, and Sexism

emcl7weenie's review against another edition

2.75

I love this series so far. BUT this was the most poorly written one out of the first three. There were too many plot lines, less actual detective work and more Harry randomly coming to conclusions that didn't make sense, romance/relationships needed to be more fleshed out to have an impact. Individual scenes and concepts were great. But as a whole I felt confused and pulled all over the place. I hear the series gets better so I'll continue forward. But this one was disappointing sadly 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Gore, Murder, and Physical abuse

nymreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, and Torture

Moderate: Rape and Mental illness

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Child death and Animal death