Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

11 reviews

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Torture and Sexual content

naturally's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Murder, Blood, Death, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent and Transphobia

Minor: Torture and Sexual content

ali_k0's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, War, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Torture, and Fatphobia

arshiya_amreen90786's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Classism, Colonisation, and Child death

Minor: Torture, Body horror, and Terminal illness

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book has so much action it made my head spin. Usually second books in a trilogy are slow and have a lot of set up but not this one. The ending was so chaotic I’m not sure where or how the next book will continue on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture and Racism

Minor: Transphobia, Sexual content, and Fatphobia

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Classism, Animal death, Murder, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Child death, Gore, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Biphobia, Blood, Sexual content, Transphobia, and War

2j4d3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Torture, and Murder

pernillemathiesen's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Murder, Sexual content, War, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia, Fatphobia, Sexism, and Torture

kit's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture

lujssday's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

what was that ending judith

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence