Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest

6 reviews

macliffe's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

Loved the way the romance developed in this book compared to the last one. Felt like this book was overall less strong than book 1, but still really enjoyed it. The revelations at the end were so cool!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Rape, Vomit, Drug use, Death, Violence, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Confinement, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Minor: Grief

jla's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book made me so emotional.  It was a tough read. I just need Elryn to belong somewhere. It dragged for a bit around 60-70%.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Death, Religious bigotry, Genocide, and Torture

mooish's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, and War

mypatronusisajedi's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

siobhanisreading's review

dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, and Child abuse

rini's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Death, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Torture, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual violence