Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

64 reviews

liviplayer's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Body horror

Moderate: Kidnapping and Torture

Minor: Rape and Abortion

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Minor: Rape

parkerknoll's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Incredible writing, suspense building, and pacing. Interesting mystery thriller that doesn’t use all the usual tropes  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Blood, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Torture, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Confinement, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

erleabee's review against another edition

Very good book. Thrillers are not great for my anxiety or mental health at this time. I did read up on the summary of what happened and who did it to ease things. 

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Content Warnings

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

truecrimefan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Medical trauma, and Torture

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Rape and Abortion

bandysbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a good thriller/who dunnit? that kept things interesting the whole way through. I did find some of the characters kind of annoying, but I don’t have the impression that they’re supposed to be particularly likeable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Torture, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

toorsdenote's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.0

I am embarrassed to add this book to my Storygraph.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Stalking, Sexual assault, Grief, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Confinement, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

ceci_cc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

iamnita's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Ugh. I did not appreciate that Sarah Pearce had to put the dots so close together in some scenes; but then not  give us any dots in others. Also: I did not appreciate that it was part horror/slasher - I was not prepared. It was overly descriptive and not my vibe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Physical abuse, and Torture

katymat18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Rape and Abortion