Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Seed by Ania Ahlborn

4 reviews

yalipopcultureads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Child death, Violence, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, and Torture

eyeheartcorina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Torture, Child death, Gore, Murder, and Death

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Details:
Narrated by Eric G. Dove
Unabridged

August pick for the Horror Summer Camp Book Club.

This was fantastic. It took the child possession trope and created more of a psychological and eery narration.

I thought the characters were excellent to read about and I loved how we flipped back and fourth to Jack's early life.

I kind of wished we got even more information about the dark entity, and I wasn't sure how it was going to end but it shocked me! 

Really enjoyed this one and I think it was a great final pick to close out the summer camp of horror reads 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Torture, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gaslighting, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

hannanni41's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

If you're familiar with horror, particularly possession horror, it's pretty predictable. There's some good tense moments, but also a tremendous amount of gore/violence, gaslighting, and characters being absolutely unlikable. 

It feels like there were the beginnings of using possession as commentary on inherited mental illness and cycles of violence, and people's ability/inability to break them, but it just doesn't go all the way with it. It falls flat with no resolution to those themes.

If you have certain content sensitivities, do not read this book without checking out a list of content warnings. Some things are extremely graphic (almost to the point of gratuity)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Animal death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Religious bigotry, Classism, and Forced institutionalization