Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

41 reviews

raiynnn's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Sexism, and Racism

Minor: Emotional abuse

gianna24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Outing, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Xenophobia

nishath's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Violence, Slavery, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

leah_patenotte7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Slavery, and Torture

caoimhe9876's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Torture

clarissagosling's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful, lush descriptions in a heart-wrenching story. Dark and brutal in places, with some great twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Slavery, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder

sarah984's review against another edition

dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

I liked this book a lot. It's an Asian-inspired dark fantasy, and managed to make the world feel big despite about ninety percent of the book taking place inside the palace grounds. The characters were great and showed a variety of ways that people react to trauma. Lei’s impulsiveness sometimes annoyed me, but she's seventeen so it makes sense.

Heading into the ending I was expecting this to be five stars, but the actual ending feels rushed (I feel like almost as much happens in the last 20 pages as in the entire rest of the book) and one plot point, while not really surprising, disappointed me.

Overall though the book was great and I'm looking forward to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Vomit

There is a scene involving a public execution.

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Murder

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

annir's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Rape, Kidnapping, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gore