Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

7 reviews

alsira98's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Torture

inkwell_god's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I LOVED this book. I borrowed it from the library and now I can't wait to buy my own copy. This book is absolutely wonderful. If you like lesbians and ruffians, I implore you to pick up this book and give it a shot

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Classism

mirireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

3frenchtoast's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

blewballoon's review

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I liked the story well enough, but I wasn't a big fan of the writing. I would probably rate this a 4 if the writing didn't take me out of the story so often. There were a lot of repeated lines used for descriptions of what people were doing, to the point that it stood out, and the dialogue was often clunky. The humor didn't land for me, it didn't fit with the setting and was oddly placed sometimes. I would say that I recommend this to young teen/pre-teen girls who think boys are icky, but there a fair amount of violence and murder.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

carolined314's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

Fierce ladies, based on a true story, with some real icky violence from men and retribution from the ladies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Sexual content

qraveline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Abandonment