Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

65 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

folklorisms's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i support women’s rights but mostly importantly i support women’s wrongs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Torture, Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury

aimeeslittlelibrary's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What the hell was that!!!!!!!! Holy smokes. Aside from an early mis-use of Fall over Autumn for 1880s England, this book was pretty much perfect for me. Victorian, gothic, gruesome, brutally feminist, and often, extremely funny. Killing Eve meets Charles Dickens, in this tale of revenge, class, family, and the violence men have on women, people experiencing poverty, entire cultures. Sometimes, wronged women should be allowed to commit murder, as a treat. This book isn’t for everyone, though. It’s extremely shocking and disturbing. I would find it hard to recommend. I’d at least recommend checking content warnings. But gosh, I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

sorapandora's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault

lizstonehi42's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood

wildeworlds's review against another edition

4.5

dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment

applepieandeve's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal death

callmemeg's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Bella Baxter, you would’ve loved Winifred Notty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

k_rose95's review against another edition

3.5

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism

kt2e56's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Jesus fucking Christ what a nightmare (complimentary). Biggest complaint would be the title which I get is a play on American Psycho but this book feels too unique to be lumped in with that and deserves its own title.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Torture, Excrement, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Classism