Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

46 reviews

thebooknook13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, and Violence

leni_bxu's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Cancer, Gore, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

silverhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Stalking, and Gun violence

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Dementia

littleclerk's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

The premise of this sounded extremely promising and right up my alley. There were pacing issues, plot twists that felt forced and it felt all over the place. 

The creation of the books especially was something that just didn’t make that much sense to me and from there on out I had a hard time continuing the read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Torture, and Body horror

cardlikecredit's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book. The concept is so interesting and well thought out. The interspersed magic into real life settings made for a fun read. I'm so hoping the ending is setting up for a series!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Cancer

lvr_17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Body horror

lorit1227's review

emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Murder, Torture, and Violence

dougyounkin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Torture

meg_turnsthepage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

It took me awhile to get into the book, then I’d be hooked and feel really into the story, and then  dropped off again. At times the story was fun and adventurous and then would take an abrupt dark turn that seemed too sudden, like it didn’t flow as well as it could. 

I liked how the book ended, it warmed my heart and brought everything together full circle.

 I listened to the audiobook and some of the accents seemed off at times which confused me. Some problematic language and racial slurs were used that had me saying to myself “did I hear that right?” Along with misogynistic themes that didn’t seem necessary.

Overall, I liked the storyline, enjoyed the friendships and bonds made between some of the characters, but the plot was choppy. The book had 5 star potential if the writing had edited out some unnecessary language and descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Grief