Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez

5 reviews

mandareads222's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Bullying, Death, Blood, Violence, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, War, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Grief, and Confinement

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, Torture, Pedophilia, Excrement, Rape, and Animal cruelty

ladymickbeth's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

Plot: 4.5/5
World building: 4/5
Characters: 4.5/5
Writing: 3.75/5 
Grammar/editing: 2/5

In general, I enjoyed this book and the unique premise. Unfortunately, I don’t think this book was edited at all. There was some expositional elements repeated when they didn’t need to be, and there were a ridiculous amount of typos and missing or incorrect punctuation marks. There were also quite a few run-on sentences. The obvious lack of editing took me out of the story often.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, and Rape

nick_w's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring relaxing 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? Yes

2.0

Not very strong writing and some consistency issues. Characters aren’t well developed, and the plot moves too quickly. Entire battles or challenges are overcome in a few paragraphs with little detail or description, which doesn’t leave me aching to get to the next page. Also seems like a LOT of plot points are being set up for book 2. The vignette chapters are only a page or two long and don’t add to the story, they seem to be simulating mystery, but it falls flat. 

I do love the Latin culture, LGBTQ+ teasers, and where some of the plot lines seem to be going, and I’m looking forward to finishing the series and seeing the resolution. Just a bit below my reading level and the amount of detail I prefer in a book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, Torture, and Sexual violence

searobin's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-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? No

4.0

I absolutely LOVED this book, but it does have its issues, so rating it is a bit hard. The two main things are that it ends up feeling like one long prologue, and that the writing feels like YA but some of the violence are detailed to a degree that doesn't suit YA. I really loved the characters, I liked getting to know the friends and some  and the travelling companions so well, but it's a bit weird for an adventure book; it felt much more "slices of life" than adventure. I'm also curious about how our MC got so much education, but had so little awareness of how her situation was developing on the outside. It felt like she just ignored/didn't learn anything it for those 10 years. 

All in all, I loved how immersed we were in the story, but it is unusual for the genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Torture, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Animal death, Trafficking, Violence, Medical content, War, Alcohol, Confinement, and Slavery

wy_woman's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Gore

Minor: Torture, Trafficking, Slavery, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence