Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Þernan by Nita Prose

36 reviews

maevebm's review against another edition

5.0

funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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what a quirky, fun, heart-warming read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Murder

samcsmith's review against another edition

3.5

dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Torture, Abandonment, Deportation

sarahna's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

fblizz's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Bullying, Torture, Deportation

rebeccapughs's review against another edition

1.5

medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

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This was one of those books that the more I thought about it, the more I hated it. Molly, the main character, is very obviously autistic although this is never mentioned. Words like ‘odd’, ‘weird’ and ‘different’ are used to describe her. Like, when exactly is this set?? They mention emojis so it’s obviously set fairly recently and yet no one considers the possibility that Molly is neurodivergent? Is it set in a world where autism doesn’t exist? 

Also, the 2 twists at the end of the book kind of infuriated me to the point where each twist lost it a star.

she smothered her grandmother with a pillow as an agreed way to end her suffering and then, in the last chapter, it turns out she knew who the murderer was the entire time as she had a conversation with her before she phoned for help the second time. There weren’t ever any clues to point to this and it came completely out of nowhere, which means Molly lied to everyone who helped her to clear her name, and we as the reader, were lied to as well. A plot twist shouldn’t come completely out of nowhere, on a reread, you should be able to pick up on subtle clues that point towards it. Maybe there was and I’ve just missed them??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse

Minor: Torture

ncoletti's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Drug use, Deportation

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Deportation

kcarney86's review against another edition

4.25

dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism

sj_croft's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, Grief

odrib's review against another edition

3.0

dark hopeful mysterious 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: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Terminal illness, Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail