Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Jättömaa by Chen Qiufan

6 reviews

woolandwhiskey's review against another edition

This is an excellent, well-written book with an intriguing premise. It was just a bit too bleak for me right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

utopiastateofmind's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

 Waste Tide is one of those books where I felt like I needed more brain cells. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed it, but it's one of those books that are so intelligent. There are all these plot threads weaving in and out of each other. And I can see them, but I feel like I lack the skill to truly appreciate them? It's one of those books where I finished it and immediately thought, "I now need to read this again". From the get go, there's this climate fiction and futuristic feeling to it. It builds on this premise of our world which we knows and speeds up the clock.

What we're left with is this setting of waste and also exploitation. Of a country and people who are processing the worlds electronic waste - something that will only increase - while also holding their desires for wealth and escape. A knowledge of holding the products, the waste, of technology and status, while it also kills them. Do you get what I mean? It's so clever and well thought out and my brain kind of explodes a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Torture

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

This was an interesting book and I liked the lens of language and culture that each character used to look at the world. Unfortunately, I didn't find the cyberpunk stuff as compelling as the initial story about the "waste people" and their work, and by the end the latter is basically completely set aside in favour of the former.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Torture, and Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Vomit, Ableism, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Gun violence, Racism, and Rape

funcharge's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Child death

acy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Excrement, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, and Suicide

legxleg's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture