Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Tastes Like Candy by Ivy Tholen

7 reviews

mfrisk's review

adventurous 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

3.5

I really enjoyed this book for the most part - the characters felt relatable and like they knew each other in a meaningful way, the setting of the carnival was well described and came to life, and the kills described were over the top and used the setting well. Truly could see this being a great campy slasher movie. Would recommend this for a quick slasher read especially during the summer or early fall. 

Now I’m going to get into some spoiler aspects I didn’t like.

My main issues with this book were 1. The initial killer red herring  of the waitress who was so over the top ridiculous (how would no one have not noticed a waitress putting a knife to a kid’s throat in public? 2. The killer reveal was extremely disappointing to me. It felt very much like an after thought and the social media is bad and making kids evil and self-centered diatribe has at this point been pretty overdone in both sci-fi and horror. To me this reveal didn’t bring anything new to that concept. I actually thought James may end up being the killer or someone unknown to us. Someone who could have been a bit more shocking. Blythe being the killer was a little bit surprising but not in a good way as it felt like once we knew that the same points continued to be repeated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Torture, Suicide, Body horror, and Blood

niamhrowanch's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

WOAAAAAHA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Physical abuse, Self harm, Murder, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Gore, and Stalking

horrorhayleigh's review

challenging 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Torture

misscarlaxox's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Torture, Body horror, Death, Toxic friendship, Blood, Stalking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

ilaxaria's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual violence

sunshinestark's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Alcohol

tfarfan's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Torture, Gore, Blood, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual harassment