Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

40 reviews

savvyy01's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Hate crime, Gore, Sexism, Grief, Murder, and Blood

mlcutter's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

Solid 5 stars. When Mia Corvere loses her father in an uprising to overthrow the corrupt government, she decides to join the Our Mother of Blessed Murder order of assassins to become a Blade (the best of the best). This book is all about her training and decisions that she has to make to become strong and skilled enough to avenge her father's murder. The descriptions in this novel are amazing and thr characters are incredibly well-formed. It was recommended to me that I read this book as an aspiring fantasy writer and it did not disappoint. Word of warning, even though Mia is 16, this is NOT a YA novel! No surprise, there is death and its graphic, and there is also a love connection and it is somewhat graphic. But I still believe this is essential for anyone who wants to write fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Violence, Gore, Child death, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, and Torture

wilsk's review

adventurous dark medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Torture, and Gore

Very graphic sexual content involving people under 18 years old.

littki's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Grief, Incest, Torture, and Vomit

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery

nandakandabooks's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.5

While the voice actor did a great job I barely finished this book due to the plot.
It was finished only because it was sth. to listen to during walks.
Plot quite predictable and no suprises on my side.
I liked the concept and the shadow animals but I am not intruged to continue with the series.
Also it continued quite some unecessary detailed sex and cruelty scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Slavery, Sexual content, Vomit, Rape, Grief, and Death

jesus_d's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Torture, Racial slurs, and Vomit

emmjay's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

The excessive footnoting can get a bit too clever and I can’t say I disagree with the “magical boob job” criticisms and the way the stakes are significantly lowered when someone capable of healing all wounds and injuries is introduced, but all in all I loved this book. I love our heroine and how she walks the line between morally gray and not. She’s also legitimately clever, not just a protagonist the author repeatedly tells us is clever. Several moments in the book made me gasp out loud with surprise. This book is VERY dark and gorey but stays just shy of gorey for gores-sake. Deep world building and I look forward to the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Torture and Animal death

Minor: Slavery and Sexual violence

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Vomit

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, and Addiction

itsbridgette's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book. It’s not perfect by any means. I did find the footnotes annoying and skipped most of it. I also found the sexual scenes in here unnecessary since those involved are supposed to be minors (late teens). I like myself some good smut but not when it involves teens. It’s kinda gross actually. Buuuuut with that being said, I really liked the characters and the story. The action scenes are kind of wild and unrealistic, but that’s exactly what I was looking for when I selected this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape