Reviews tagging 'Torture'

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, Alexis Henderson

69 reviews

michellec9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Gore, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Torture, Sexual content, and Mental illness

brysonsmommie84's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Mental illness, Blood, Confinement, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Torture, Self harm, and Death

Teeth… loss and detailed pulling of…

jazzsilvestri's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

laurevanaerschot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Torture and Violence

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Self harm, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Classism, Physical abuse, Confinement, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug use, Torture, Addiction, Animal death, and Sexual content

Minor: Pedophilia, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

The idea was great, execution not as much. I didn't feel connected to any of the characters. I wish we knew more about the world this takes place in. 
And the overall story is very slow and boring. 
This might have been better as a short-story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Abandonment, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Gore

whatiqreads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

salemander's review against another edition

4.75

love a gothic vampire vibe and this book does it so well. it was so interesting to see marian’s descent into this strange world and the ways she has to regain her sense of self. i wanted a little more character development from all the girls in this story, i felt like we only really saw just like outlines of who they all were, but overall i really enjoyed this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Blood, Confinement, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, and Gaslighting

shannonvonpesach's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

Het verhaal is te vaag. Het is totaal niet duidelijk of het om vampieren gaat of edelen die koekoek zijn.

Het eind gevecht met het 'poppen' van de kaak en de arousel? Nee...

Ik ben dit gaan lezen vanwege de marketing over Elisabeth of Báthory, maar dit is slechts een inspiratie geweest voor het karakter en heeft er 0 mee te maken.

Ps: dit is een YA schrijfstyle dus geen adult boek.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Drug use, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Death, Torture, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

sydneysunray's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Animal death, Physical abuse, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Torture, and Toxic relationship