Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski

5 reviews

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I found some of it to be long-winded. I didn’t feel it was necessary to have back stories on everyone — including the people that discovered the remains. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child death, Abandonment, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder, Grief, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Misogyny, Infertility, Death, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia

whosfernn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It's been a while since I read a crime novel, and I'm a big fan of them so I thought I'd enjoy this. It was a good book, but for some reason I just wasn't feeling it. I couldn't get into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Lesbophobia, Murder, Drug use, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Transphobia

The d slur (used against lesbians) is used once in this book by a male character. If you're not comfortable with this, I recommend not reading this book.

racheloddment's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Confinement, Torture, Sexism, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Homophobia

aus10england's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This was allllll over the place for me, I think due to the large cast of characters whose POV’s you read from. The main twists I feel like I almost missed because they happened so fast and didn’t really have me on the edge of my seat. I thought that

Dale’s reason for being a killer didn’t make much sense either.

I will say, the book was fantastically written, poetic at times. You could also tell the author was familiar with the strip club setting, and that was confirmed at the end of my audiobook when we find out she worked at one in the past! So that was some good insight. Anyway, less POV’s and better twists would have enhanced the enjoyment of this story for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Racism

irenemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Confinement, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Drug use, Car accident, Grief, Misogyny, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent, Stalking, and Domestic abuse