Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

64 reviews

sarahpayne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Torture

Moderate: Rape

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, Murder, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

sarahlwalden's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Torture and Rape

gm3116's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Entertaining read overall and I finished it quickly. The ending was okay, felt a bit rushed and cliched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Cancer

annieliz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

rich_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this , don’t know why there are so many bad reviews.   The ending is a bit messy but It was really fun reading it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, Child death, and Blood

j_squaredd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

fungivibes's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

2.5

I really did not enjoy this one. I didn't like any of the characters and I found the main character completely unbelievable at all as a detective, even one on break for psychological reasons. She made a lot of stupid mistakes and missed very obvious clues. Also I found the writer had a problem with telling instead of showing and I felt like the plot really dragged and could have been cut down some

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, and Torture

Minor: Abortion

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, and Child death

Minor: Abortion

nonbinarylibrarianwitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape