Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

93 reviews

marissa__'s review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cursing, Torture, Grief, Alcohol

jamielee's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

the_reading_turtle's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark funny lighthearted 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: Yes

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Some of the dialogue didn't fit so well with the emotional abuse of one of the characters a couple of times but img did I love this book. Funny, adventurous, mysterious! LOVE IT!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Murder

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape

stevienotnicks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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So, I’ll admit, I am not the target audience for this book. I stick to sweet little romcoms with mild spice at best, so when TikTok influenced me to pick this one up, no one was more surprised than me. But how could I not with all the humorous clips and Jacob Morgan’s voice?!

I loved it. LOVED it. The humor had me laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. Josh’s inner monologue has got to be one of the best I’ve read. And him + Fred was the love story I didn’t know I needed. Beyond that, he is a complex character with a deeply troubled past and while I wish we would have touched on his feelings about that more, I think it shone through in his devotion to Aly. I know it’s a dual PoV, but for me, Josh is definitely the main character. 

Yeah, the spice was far out of my comfort zone, but I can see why the dark romance girlies would like it. And why would I hold that against the author when I knew going in I probably wouldn’t vibe?

Anyway, the chemistry between Aly and Josh is superb. The love, devotion, and care Josh exhibits is quite literally everything we want in a man, so boys, take notes! (But, like, definitely don’t chase me through the woods with a knife. Lol)

I’m going to be on a book hangover from this one for awhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

nicole_smalley's review against another edition

5.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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In my professional opinion it’s a damn good book. I don’t even read smut and I LOVED this book. Great plot, great writing, great read. I stayed up the entire night to read it (which I was not planning on doing). Highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment