Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

38 reviews

neko_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

 I spent a lot of the start of this book confused about the world. I spent the rest of the time falling in love with Jase and Kazi. I absolutely love their relationship. I also loved the Ballenger family, as well as the rest of the Rahtan. I love the characters in general lol

So the reason that this book isn't a 4 stars is that I spent so much time confused about the world-building. That being said I cannot WAIT to get Vow of Thieves and continue with the duology. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, and Trafficking

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

annasneddon's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Torture

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

milcahh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

It starts out slow, but picks up. It’s a good story!

I wish the love story was better developed, I feel like they just were in lust with each other and then it became love

I like that it’s a closed door romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, and War

Minor: Miscarriage

braelynm_22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

5.0

This was such a good book! The characters were created so well and the writing was really good. It was engaging and I didn't get tried of it. The plot twist at the end really shocked me and I love how Kazi is such a girl boss. 

"Blink last."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Torture

It does include a little segment where abduction does occur along with injuries that can be a bit descriptive.

lilylaflair's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, and Trafficking

peachieko's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Torture

autumnrh's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.75

This one almost got five stars from me. The writing is absolutely amazing in my opinion. I love the banter between the main characters and I also love their development a long the way. The only reason it didn’t get five stars was because I felt that there were too many things left unresolved. I know full and well there is a sequel but I just felt certain things could have been included in this novel instead of dragging it into the next one. I also felt the ending was a little out of nowhere like

in my opinion Kazi or Jase didn’t really portray that they still loved each other until the queen kind of played a hand in the situation, doing this felt them getting back together a little anti climatic to me so it was a tad frustrating

. I also absolutely loved the last chapter and how ominously it sets up the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Grief, Torture, and Medical content

librarianheaven's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing, Medical content, Animal death, Classism, and Torture

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Torture, and Sexual violence