Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

103 reviews

charlottebreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

cw/tw: slavery, genocide, violence, blood
age rating: 14+

- an ember in the ashes ended with high stakes, and somehow this book ended with even higher ones. the drama keeps getting more and more, while still working in the context of the story. everything seems to work out and i love it!
- i. love. heleneeee! she has so much depth and was such an interesting character. she deserves so much better :(
- the characters were all great. all very interesting, with their own motivations and struggles.
- i didn't like tas at times. he just talked so <i>weird</i>. "rise elias vetrius" — what kind of ten-year-old talks like that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Blood

cgn'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The first third of the book was kind of boring to me, but then I read the rest of the book in a day and had a great time. Not fully sure how I feel about this book but I’ll certainly be reading the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Classism, Grief, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content

maggieed'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Violence, Genocide, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Gore, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content and Cursing

the_paperbackprincess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Slavery, Genocide, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

Manipulation, Fade-to-Black sex scene.

lara2301's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad

• 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: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Slavery, and Rape

jackiepreston'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

lee_6398's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

biancas_library's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I love Sabaa Tahir's writing style - it's really beautiful and uses a lot of pictures without it being too much. I also completely adore her world building!

This book really haunted me in my memories; Tahir really does not hold back when it comes to describing the pain, grief and utter violence that the main characters are confronted with. It tackles so many important topics! 

This time around, there are three point of views we are following: Laia and Elias plus Helene. I found it really interesting to experience what Helene goes through first hand and to see her developing even further. As of right now, I do not completely agree with everything she does or thinks but I really think her character is up for a lot more development and I am excited to see it! 

I loved the plot twists and how all the dots were connected at the end. Yes, the beginning was a little bit slower but it's all worth it! I am really excited to see what comes next for our characters and I really hope that Laia and Elias end up together rather sooner than later!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Slavery, Child abuse, and Blood

Minor: Torture