Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

58 reviews

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Gaslighting

tbd24's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

fantastic read. the only reason I didn’t give it a full 5 stars is that it’s a bit confusing in the beginning, trying to figure out who everyone is and how they relate to each other. I wish the author gave us just a cursory background in the beginning. But once I hit the middle of the book it was like a switch flipped and I felt like I understood everything and also I loved it. The cavalier/necromancer relationship is MY SHIT.  Fuck enemies to lovers, how about enemies but they’re duty bound beyond every fiber of their beings to back each other up and they eventually learn that they’re secretly best friends AAAAAH i’m incoherent. Jovial prose, tidy plot writing, characters you can love and hate and relate to and judge,  the perfect amount of sexiness in the face of danger, seriously this book had it all for me. Can’t wait to read the next one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Religious bigotry, and War

lujisa's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Torture, and Death of parent

joyandfaye's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

opallight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Cannibalism

kalmia31's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

zannayo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Almost lost me at the 40% mark but at about 45% it got really wild.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, and War

(Mentions specific character deaths)

Both kids (13-14yo) die in this. I usually can't handle books that include kids being hurt or dying (and I still struggled with this one) but the way it was written and the fact that the very intense part was only about 2 pages long made it manageable for me.

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

One of the first queer lit books I read that wasn’t even remotely queer (in a good way). Being gay was at once core to and irrelevant to the characters and instead of contributing to or juxtaposting the plot it just was. 

One of the few books I’ve read where I had to physically shout HOLY FUCK during it.

Right now I have it a 4.75 and I’m not entirely sure where the deduction comes from. Maybe the gore? Maybe I’ll change the stars later 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

possibilityleft's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail